MACHU PICCHU

Describe the site?• The great city of Machu picchu is a real

challenge of man to nature, was built on the back of a spur that emerges midway up a mountain, where according to Peruvian scholar Alfonsina Barrionuevo, suspends its palaces and temples on the granite canyon Of the Urubamba, hanging over the river

Where is it?• It is located in Cuzco region, Urubamba

Province, Machupicchu District in Perú.

When it was listed?• In 1983, UNESCO designated Machu Picchu a

world heritage site.

Why it was listed?• Because, is a part of a set cultural and

ecological known as sanctuary historical of Machu Picchu, it was declared as one of the new 7 amazes of moderns world, in a ceremony realized in Lisboa that told with the nacticination of one hundred million of voters in the world.

Was happened the site for ever on the UNESCO

danger list?• See the Machu Picchu from the cime of

Huayana Picchu is special, but arrive hear is a dangerous travel. Between the dangerous more common is the careless paths, the ladders almost verticals and the bad height. The climb is so treacherous that even the guides proceed with caution since every year the Machu Picchu is charged some human sacrifice.

Does the site have more tourist?

• Machu Picchu is one of world’s most iconic archeological sites and Peru’s most popular tourist attraction.

• The number of visitors to Machu Picchu each year has grown from the low 100,000 in the 1980 , to a peak of nearly 1.2 million tourists in 2013 a 70% increase!

It´s relevant do people live at the site ?

• Inca society had a hard social structure in its ethnic relations and function, from which power was born. The structure of classes does not respond so much to the economic position of the people but also to the functions that had to fulfill within the word community. The Incas have power over many curacas and these over the chain of other chiefs of lower territorial levels.

Is the site famous for any particular reason?• It is famous for 5 reasons in particular:• 1-To know one of the 7 wonders of the modern

world.• 2-Feel the energy and explore the mystery that

surrounds the Sanctuary.• 3-Getting to Machu Picchu by the Inca Trail.• 4-Visit the Sacred Valley of Cusco or other

destinations.• 5-Climb to Cerro Huayna Picchu and have an

incredible panoramic view.

Other than being a UNESCO world heritage

site?• Apart from being from UNESCO is a sample of

how our ancestors lived.

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