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PRESENTATION
TOPICS
Getting to know Machu Pichu
Introduction
Machu Pichu's Geography and key features
Histroy behind Machu pichu
Architecture and design of machu Pichu
when machu Pichu declared a Peruvian Historic
Sanctuary
Seventh Wonders of the World
To know about us
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INTRODUCTION:

THE RUINS OF MACHU PICCHU WERE ONCE

THE 15TH CENTURY CITADEL OF THE INCAS,
WHICH HELD SWAY OVER AND AROUND THE
AREA OF MODERN-DAY PERU. IT IS SITUATED
IN THE EASTERN CORDILLERA MOUNTAINS OF
THE ANDES IN THE SOUTHWESTERN MACHU
PICCHU DISTRICT OF THE COUNTRY.
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HISTROY Most archeologists agree that Machu Pichu was built

BEHIND as an estate for the Inca emperor Pachacuti who

reigned be from 1438 to 1472. The citadel is often

MACHU PICHU erroneously referred to as the ‘Lost City of the Incas’, a

sobriquet more fittingly applied to the Vilcabamba.
Machu Pichu is the most familiar remnant of the Inca
A LOOK INTO THE PAST
civilization. Built around 1450, it was abandoned a
mere hundred years later after the Spanish conquest.
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ARCHITECTURE
AND DESIGN OF
MACHU PICHU
Machu Picchu was designed and constructed in
classical Inca style complete with dry-stone walls.
Machu Picchu had three main structures: The first
was the notable ritual stone known as Intihuatana.
The stone was associated with the astronomic
calendar or clock of the Incas. The other two are the
‘Temple of the Sun’ and the ‘Room of the Three
Windows’.
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WHEN MACHU PICHU
DECLARED A PERUVIAN
HISTORIC SANCTUARY
The Machu Picchu ruins were declared
a Peruvian Historic Sanctuary in 1981.
Most of the outlying buildings have
been reconstructed to give tourists a
good perception of how they
appeared originally.
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SEVENTH WONDERS OF THE WORLD
- MACHU PICHU

The citadel was declared a UNESCO World

Heritage site on 1983 and restoration work
continues.

Intresting fact:
The ruins are so popular that in an online
International poll, they were voted as one of New
Seven Wonders of the World.
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