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Picchu has been elected to
represent global heritage
throughout history.

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The New7Wonders organization
is happy to announce Machu
Picchu has been elected to
represent global heritage
throughout history.

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Machu Picchu (del quechua
machu, viejo, y picchu cima,
es decir, 'cima vieja') es el
nombre contemporáneo de las
ruinas de una antigua llacta
(poblado) inca de piedra (cuyo
nombre original habría sido
Picchu o Picho 1) construido
principalmente a mediados del
siglo XV en el promontorio
rocoso que une las montañas
Machu Picchu y Huayna Picchu
en la Provincia de Urubamba,
en la Región Cusco, en Perú.
Documentos coloniales 2
sugieren que Machu Picchu
habría sido una especie de
palacio privado de Pachacutec
o Inca Yupanqui (primer
emperador inca, 1438-1470).
Sin embargo algunas de sus
mejores construcciones y el
evidente carácter ceremonial
de la principal vía de acceso
a la ciudad testimonian que
ésta fue usada como un
santuario religioso 3. Ambos
usos (palacio y santuario) no
habrían sido incompatibles.
Las investigaciones de las
últimas décadas, en cambio,
han descartado el supuesto
carácter militar de Machu
Picchu (por lo que los
populares calificativos de
'fortaleza' o 'ciudadela' han
sido superados) 4
Machu Picchu es considerada al
mismo tiempo una obra maestra
de la arquitectura y la
ingeniería 5. Está en la
lista del Patrimonio de la
Humanidad desde 1983. Sus
peculiares características
arquitectónicas y
paisajísticas y el velo de
misterio que ha tejido a su
alrededor buena parte de la
literatura publicada sobre el
sitio, lo han convertido en
uno de los destinos
turísticos más populares del
mundo 6 y el principal de
Perú, donde es un ícono
nacional.

Coordinates: 13°09�?�47�?�S,
72°32�?�44�?�W
Machu Picchu is probably the
most familiar symbol of the
Inca Empire. Since 1983 the
site has been designated as a
United Nations Educational
World Heritage Site.
It is thought that the city
was built by the Sapa Inca
Pachacuti, starting in about
1440, and was inhabited until
the Spanish conquest of Peru
in 1532. Archaeological
evidence (together with recent
work on early colonial
documents) shows that Machu
Picchu was not a conventional
city, but a country retreat
town for Inca nobility
(similar to the Roman villas).
The site has a large palace
and temples dedicated to Inca
deities around a courtyard,
with other buildings for
support staff. It is estimated
that a maximum of only about
750 people resided in Machu
Picchu at any one time, and
probably only a small fraction
of that number lived in the
town during the rainy season
and when none of the nobility
were visiting.
It is thought that the site
was chosen for its unique
location and geological
features. It is said that the
silhouette of the mountain
range behind Machu Picchu
represents the face of the
Inca looking upward towards
the sky, with the largest
peak, Huayna Picchu (meaning
Young Peak), representing his
nose. The peak is also known
as the 'hitching post of the
sun.'
In 1913, the site received
significant publicity after
the National Geographic
Society devoted their entire
April 1913 issue to Machu
Picchu. (wikipedia)
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