Machu Picchu is an Inca trail located in Peru atop the Andes mountains that was possibly built as a city for the early Incas in 1450. Considered an extreme tourist destination, Machu Picchu is also known as the "Lost City of the Incas" and sits above a loop of the Urubamba River, though it was abandoned around 100 years after construction when its population was wiped out by smallpox before the Spanish conquistadors arrived.

1. Machu Picchu By Joe Reddie and Jake Fisher

2. What is Machu Picchu? Machu Picchu is a trail on a mountain range in which people can climb up. People go to Machu Picchu as an Extreme tourist destination. It was possibly a city for Early Inca’s, it is known as the “Lost City of the Inca’s” MachuPicchuis above a loop of the Urubamba River

3. Location Machu Picchu is located in Peru, 50 miles Northwest of Cuzco, on the Andes mountain range

4. History Machu Picchu was said to be built around 1450, at the height of the Inca Empire and Abandoned a little over 100 years later. It is said that the population was wiped out by smallpox before the Spanish conquistadores arrived.

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