"Año del Bicentenario del Perú: 200 años de Independencia"

MACHU PICCHU
fourth wonder of the world - World Heritage Site

I.E.S. TECNOLOGICO CLORINDA

MATTO DE TURNER

COURSE: ELEMENTARY ENGLISH

THEME: MACHU PICCHU

PRESENTED BY:
 visit to machu picchu
Plaza S.T.

Habra
malaga

Santa
tereza Machu
picchu

Aguas
calientes

cocalmayo

calca

catarata de mandor
visit to machu picchu
 Our meeting point is Calca, from there we leave for Machu Picchu.
 the first stop in habra malaga, It is located 3 hours and almost 120 km from the city of Cusco.
 then we go to the thermal baths of cocalmayo,
 in Santa Tereza, where we spent the first night.
 The next day we went to the hydroelectric power station from there we walked to Mandor, it is a natural
area with a great diversity of flora and fauna, it has a beautiful waterfall.
Where is machu
picchu located?

AGUAS CALIENTES CIUDADELA DE MACHU PICCHU

the city has an elevation of 2438 masl

located between the hills machu picchu and huayna picchu
Surrounded by the Vilcanota River.
Where is machu picchu located?
 We continue the road to Aguas Calientes, where you can see stone sculptures.
 On the third day we left by bus to the citadel of Machu where we made the respective visit.
 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, by the Sacred Valley of the Incas
 The Inca archaeological site is located halfway between the tops of both mountains, at 2438 meters above
sea level. counting with 172 buildings in its urban area.
How is Machu Picchu distributed?

URBAN
AREA

ZONE
AGRARIAN
Agricultural
Area
Platforms of
the Lower
Sector

First Group of
Platforms

Platforms
Surveillance
Post
Zona Agrícola

• you can see platforms next to

some Colcas (warehouses). they
are representative structures of
the Inca Empire.
Urban area Sacred
Sector (Hanan Sector))

Temple of the
Sacred Square Dead

Royal Residence Fountains (Las

Main Temple
(Palacio del Inca) Pacchas)

Temple of the Temple of the

Intihuatana
Three Windows Sun (Torreón)
Templo del Sol
tower in circular shape- religious sector, is made of
granite
Inside is a ceremonial altar carved in rock, on the
walls there are two windows where you can
observe the sunrise during the summer and winter
solstices.
• Inside the temple there is a rectangular
courtyard where you can see 9 niches, a door
with security rings. It is based on a huge rock in
which there is a cave covered by fine masonry, it
is believed that it was a mausoleum, of the Inca
Pachacuteq.
Residential Sector
(Hurin Sector)
Sacred
Rock

Water
Quarry
Mirror

Temple of
Prisons the
Condor
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