Machu Picchu

Historical Site

15th-century Inca citadel in the Peruvian Andes and UNESCO World Heritage Site

Machu Picchu is a 15th-century Inca citadel located in the Eastern Cordillera of southern Peru on a mountain ridge at 2,430 meters (7,970 ft). It is situated in the Machupicchu District of Urubamba Province about 80 kilometers northwest of Cusco, above the Sacred Valley and along the Urubamba River, which forms a deep canyon with a subtropical mountain climate.

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Where it is

1
Huayna PicchuNatural Site · 670 m
2
Historic Sanctuary of Machu PicchuNatural Site · 6.6 km
3
Ampay National SanctuaryNatural Site · 59 km
4
Plaza de ArmasHistorical Site · 73 km
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Museo de Arte Precolombino CuscoMuseum · 73 km
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Cusco CathedralHistorical Site · 73 km

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