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Machupicchu (deserted settlement) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 13 09 00 S degrees minutes |
Lat: -13.1500 decimal degrees |
| Long: 072 31 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -72.5167 decimal degrees |
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Elevation: |
| 7710.000 feet |
2350.0080 meters |
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Note: Located on a high ridge between two sharp peaks, Machu Picchu (Old Peak) and Huayna Picchu (New Peak), overlook the Urubamba river valley. It was formerly believed to be Tampu Tocco, the "lost city of the Incas," but now is generally thought to have been the royal retreat of Inca emperor Pachacuti. It declined after the Spanish Conquest. The site was brought to the attention of scholars by archaeologist Hiram Bingham in 1911. |
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| Machupicchu (preferred,C,V)
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| Machu Picchu (C,V)
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| Macchu Picchu (C,V)
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| Machu Pikchu (C,V)
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| Machupichu, Ruinas (C,V)
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| Machupicchu, Ruinas (C,V)
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| Machupiccho (C,V)
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Peru (nation) (P) |
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Cuzco (region (administrative division)) (P) |
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Place Types: |
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| deserted settlement (preferred, C) |
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construction of settlement started ca. 1440; was inhabited until the Spanish conquest of Peru in 1532 |
| archaeological site (C) |
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| ruins (C) |
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| World Heritage Site (C) |
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| inhabited place (H) |
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| Inca (H) |
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Related geographic places: |
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| distinguished from .... |
Machupicchu .......... (inhabited place) |
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(World, South America, Peru, Cuzco) [1024607] |
| formerly identified as .... |
Tampu Tocco .......... (lost settlement) |
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(World, North and Central America, Mexico, lost & found/Mexico) [7031911] |
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