• Foto Number: AND-299

Completely hidden from view from the bottom of the wild Urubamba Valley, the ‘lost city’ of Machu Picchu stands enthroned on an impregnable granite pedestal at a dizzying altitude of 2,500 metres, in the shadow of Huayna Picchu. It remained hidden for 400 years until the American explorer Hiram Bingham miraculously rediscovered it in 1911. – 1976

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  South America Peru Cuzco Machu Picchu Huayna Picchu Urubamba Valley Central Andes Hiram Bingham Incas Inca palace Inca-Culture landscape Archaeology ruin