Learning activity 1 Evidence: The new 7 wonders of the world

Machu Picchu ("Old Mountain") is the contemporary name given to a llaqta - an ancient
Andean Inca town - built before the 15th century, located in the Eastern Cordillera of southern
Peru, in the Andes mountain range at 2430 meters above sea level. It is located in the Cusco
region, Urubamba province, Machupicchu district, on the Sacred Valley of the Incas, 80
kilometers northwest of the city of Cusco, a city in Peru and where the Urubamba River flows,
a river that crosses the mountain range. and originates a canyon with a tropical mountain
climate. According to many scholars, its original name would have been Llaqtapata.

According to documents from the mid-16th century, it was private.1 However, some of its best
constructions and the evident ceremonial character of the main access road to the llaqta show its
origin before Pachacutec and its presumable use as religious sanctuary Both uses, the palace
and the sanctuary, would not have been incompatible. Even when its supposed military
character is disputed, so the popular qualifiers "fortress" or "citadel" could have been surpassed.

Machu Picchu is considered, at the same time, a masterpiece of architecture and engineering.4
Its peculiar architectural and landscape characteristics, and the veil of mystery that has woven
around it much of the literature published on the site, have become one of the most popular
tourist destinations on the planet, as well as one of the 7th wonders of the world.5

By 1976, thirty percent of Machu Picchu had been restored, and restoration work is still
ongoing.

Machu Picchu was declared a Peruvian Historical Sanctuary in 1981 and has been on the
Unesco World Heritage List since 1983, as part of a whole cultural and ecological complex
known under the denomination Historic Sanctuary of Machu Picchu. On July 7, 2007, Machu
Picchu was declared one of the new seven wonders of the modern world in a ceremony held in
Lisbon (Portugal), with the participation of one hundred million voters around the world.
Machu Picchu was voted one of the New Seven Wonders of the World in a worldwide survey
on the Internet.