Machu Picchu was one of the vacation homes of Pachacutec Inca between 1438 and 1470, though some of its finest buildings and ceremonies demonstrate it was also used as a religious shrine. It is considered a masterpiece of both architecture and engineering due to its unique design and landscape features, and its mysterious history has made it one of the most popular tourist sites. Big Ben is the name of the great bell in the clock tower at the north end of the Palace of Westminster in London. Its official name was the Clock Tower until 2012 when it was renamed Elizabeth Tower in honor of Queen Elizabeth's Diamond Jubilee. The clock tower houses the world's four largest clock faces and is the

1. STUDENT:Leonardo R. Chamorro
TEACHER:Miriam Santisteban

2. MACHU PICCHU
 According to documents from the mid-sixteenth century, Machu
Picchu would have been one of the vacation homes of
Pachacutec Inca ninth Tahuantisuyo between 1438 and 1470.
However, some of its finest buildings and ceremonial evident
from the main access road to the llaqta demonstrate that this was
used as a religious shrine. Both uses, the palace and the temple,
it would have been inconsistent. Some experts seem to have
ruled, however, an alleged military nature, so popular epithets of
"fortress" or "citadel" could have been bettered.
Machu Picchu is considered both a masterpiece of architecture
and engineering. Its unique architectural and landscape features,
and the veil of mystery that has woven around much of the
literature published on the site, they have become one of the
most popular tourist destinations on the planet.

3. BIG BEN
 Big Ben is the name that is known to the great bell of the
clock at the north end of the Palace of Westminster, the
seat of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, in London,
and popularly by extension is also used to name the clock
tower. Its official name was Clock Tower until June 26, 2012,
in honor of the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II, it
was decided that the tower would be renamed Elizabeth
Tower (Tower Isabel).
The clock tower houses the world's four largest faces, and is
the third highest clock tower in the world. It celebrated its
150th anniversary on May 31, 2009, and carried out various
acts of conmemoración.6 The tower was completed in 1858
and the clock became operational on September 7, 1859.