Machu Picchu is an important Inca citadel set high in the Andes Mountains in Peru. It is located approximately 100 km northwest of Cuzco and sits at an altitude of 2,400 meters. The Incas built Machu Picchu in the 15th century and it is divided into three areas: two residential sectors and one agricultural sector. It was abandoned just over 100 years after being built. Today it is one of the most significant archaeological sites left from the Inca era.

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2. Machu Picchu

3. Machu Picchu on the map
Machu Picchu is in Peru in South Ametica. Machu
Picchu is a mountain with a very important ''city''. The
mountain is between Lima and Cuzco.

4. Machu Picchu on the map
Machu Picchu means ''old peak'' in quechua. It is in The
Andes, a mountain chain in Peru. This is 100 kilometres
from Cuzco and it is 2400 metres high.

5. Peru
The Republic of Peru is an american country in South
america and its capital is Lima. In Peru they speak
Spanish. Peru has got 30.000.000 people living there.
And the most important place there is Machu Picchu.
There are other importants cities like Cuzco and
Iquitos.

6. Currency
The coin of Peru is the New Sun. There is coins of 1, 5, 10, 20 and
50 cents,1, 2 and 5 new suns, bills of 10, 20, 50, 100 and 200 new
suns

7. The Incas
In the past, in Peru lived other civilitations like the Incas.
The Incas lived there about the XV and XVI centuries. They
built Machu Picchu between Machu Picchu and Huayna
Picchu (Young Peak), its function was a temple for the
incas' religion.
The main element in the incas' religion was the fire.

8. The monument of Machu Picchu
The Incas built Machu Picchu in the XV century, its area
takes up 13 square kilometres. In 1902, on the 14 of July,
Agustín Lizárraga discoreved Machu Picchu, and in 1911
Hiram Bingham go there.

9. The monument of Machu Picchu
The city is divide in 3 areas:
-Two parts are for live there.
-One part is for the agriculture.
The urban sector is divide in 2 neighborhoods
- One has the temples.
-Another has the houses and a convent.

10. Animals
Frogs Llamas
Bears with spectacles Hummingbirds

11. Animals
Gallito de Las Rocas Anthill Bird
Condor andino

12. Sceneries and plants
Mist's forests Orchids
Heliconias

13. How go there
- Go there by railway (15 minutes)
-Go there by the Incas' way ( 4 days and 3 nights)
VISIT THE CITY:
You can go to the city all the days (06:00 am – 17:00
pm)

14. Know more about Machu Pichu
- Video with some information
- Video with pictures

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