Journey to Machu Picchu, Peru

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My tour of Machu Picchu. It shows (briefly) the standard journey from Cusco, Peru to Aguas Calientes by train then Machu Picchu by bus in the Andes Mountains of Peru.
wikipedia:
Machu Picchu (Quechua: Machu Picchu, "Old mountain") is a pre-Columbian Inca site located 2,400 meters (7,875 ft) above sea level. It is situated on a mountain ridge above the Urubamba Valley in Peru, which is 80 km (50 mi) northwest of Cusco. Often referred to as "The Lost City of the Incas", Machu Picchu is probably the most familiar symbol of the Inca Empire.

It was built around the year 1450, but abandoned a hundred years later, at the time of the Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire. Forgotten for centuries, the site was brought to worldwide attention in 1911 by Hiram Bingham, an American historian. Since then, Machu Picchu has become an important tourist attraction. It has recently come to light that the site may have been discovered and raided several years previously, in 1867 by a German businessman, Augusto Berns. It was declared a Peruvian Historical Sanctuary in 1981 and a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1983. It is also one of the New Seven Wonders of the World.

Machu Picchu was built in the classical Inca style, with polished dry-stone walls. Its primary buildings are the Intihuatana, the Temple of the Sun, and the Room of the Three Windows. These are located in what is known by archaeologists as the Sacred District of Machu Picchu. In September of 2007, Peru and Yale University reached an agreement regarding the return of artifacts which Hiram Bingham had removed from Machu Picchu in the early 20th century. Currently, there are concerns about the impact of tourism on the site as it reached 400,000 visitors in 2003.

Visite du Machu Picchu:
Machu Picchu (del quechua machu, viejo, y pikchu cima, es decir, "cima vieja") es el nombre contemporáneo que se da a una llaqta (antiguo poblado andino inca) de piedra construida principalmente a mediados del siglo XV en el promontorio rocoso que une las montañas Machu Picchu y Huayna Picchu en la vertiente oriental de los Andes Centrales, al sur de Perú. Su nombre original habría sido Picchu o Picho.

Según documentos de mediados del siglo XVI, Machu Picchu habría sido una de las residencias de Pachacútec o Inca Yupanqui (primer emperador inca, 1438-1470). Sin embargo, algunas de sus mejores construcciones y el evidente carácter ceremonial de la principal vía de acceso a la llaqta demostrarían que ésta fue usada como santuario religioso. Ambos usos, el de palacio y santuario, no habrían sido incompatibles. Algunos expertos parecen haber descartado, en cambio, un supuesto carácter militar, por lo que los populares calificativos de "fortaleza" o "ciudadela" podrían haber sido superados.

Machu Picchu es considerada al mismo tiempo una obra maestra de la arquitectura y la ingeniería. Sus peculiares características arquitectónicas y paisajísticas, y el velo de misterio que ha tejido a su alrededor buena parte de la literatura publicada sobre el sitio, lo han convertido en uno de los destinos turísticos más populares del planeta.

Machu Picchu está en la Lista del Patrimonio de la humanidad de la UNESCO desde 1983, como parte de todo un conjunto cultural y ecológico conocido bajo el nombre de Santuario Histórico de Machu Picchu.

El 7 de julio de 2007 Machu Picchu fue elegida como una de las nuevas maravillas del mundo en una ceremonia realizada en Lisboa, Portugal.
Visit of / Visite du / Besuch von / Visita de / Chiamata di /
の訪問 / زياره مانشو بيكو Machu Picchu
Filmed in April 2008 with a Canon XL2

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[LIGHTLOVEONE]

I love music used & virtual travel there..in that sacred area..thank you. ..

I love energy of the place..people..everything..I am in love with..everything from this video.

beautiful...surprise to me..beautiful...

[nuclearspike]

@LIGHTLOVEONE Thanks! I really appreciate your comment.

[franko161]

if u wanna come to peru, u have know to somebody here :D

im glad u like it :)

[nuclearspike]

Thanks Franko for the invitation. I would like to go back and take more time, I only had 10 days. I'd also like to improve my Spanish before going again. Having Peter (the guy in the video) with me help a ton because he could speak and understand much more than I could.

[4ever0o0themusic]

Was very true what u described about Machu picchu i didnt know some thing about it lol, i havent visited Machu Picchu in person yet, but i heard there are a lot of tourists, so its difficult can see it as natural ,i was looking for videos like this, cuz im visiting Machu on November, its a good time to visit it, i hope it will be as kool as the video shows! thnx for the video!

[nuclearspike]

4ever: did you get to visit Machu Picchu in November? If so, how was it?

[ameb140893]

the boy in the video is handsome :)

[4ever0o0themusic]

i'm so embarrassed to say this but the answer is No! i'm postposing my trip to Cusco all the time! i was working so i couldn't even go on december 20th. Now i got the money to travel but it's not a good time to travel to Cusco cuz it is so rainny! i just heard on the news that the roads to Cusco are a bit dangerous now, and i just wanted to go to Cusco in a Bus to watch the landscapes so i will return in a plane! but definately i'm going to Cusco This year =) haha for real!

Why r u asking?

[123josessito123]

magnifico lugar me gustaria ir, siempre me a gustado la cultura inca me encantan las culturas antiguas como los mayas y los aztecas

[erieke01]

Ekki war auch schon da! Einfach herrlich.

Das Video ist super.Ich hatte das Gefühl ich wäre live dabei