Brief Tour of Cuzco and Machu Picchu

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Brief Tour of Cuzco andMachu Picchu

• Pablo Fuentes

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Cuzco

• Founded prior to 700 A.D.
• Capital of Inca Empire
• Called by Incas The Navel of the World
• Oldest continuously inhabited city in Western
  Hemisphere

Cuzco from Sacsayhuaman
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Rainfall in Cuzco
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Sacsayhuaman

• North end of Cuzco on hill overlooking city
• Stones of up to 300 tons
• Fitted stones without mortar
• Called a fortress, but probably Incan spiritual
  center

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People of Cuzco
Boys in Ollantaytambo
Woman weaving
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Machu Picchu

• Sacred city of the Inca Empires (Tahuantinsuyu)
• Constructed late 1400s or early 1500s
• Discovered in 1911 by Hiram Bingham of Yale

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Views from Huayna Picchu
Ruins atop Huayna Picchu
View of Machu Picchu from Huayna Picchu
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Organization of Tour Company