Machu Picchu is a city built by the Incan Emperor Pachacútec in the 15th century. The city is built in the
clouds of a mountain called “old mountain”. This state-of-art settlement lies halfway up the Andes Plateau, deep in the
Amazon jungle and above the Urubamba River. The city is believed to have been abandoned by
the Incas because of a smallpox outbreak. After the Spanish
defeated the Incan Empire, the city remained ‘lost’ for over three
centuries. It was rediscovered by Hiram Bingham in 1911.
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