Explore the mysterious ancient city of Machu Picchu

The ancient city of Machi Picchu is one of the greatest architectural works on the planet and was newly discovered in the twentieth century. Currently, the city attracts a large number of tourists to visit and explore its magnificent beauty and admire things that science cannot explain today. Let's

The mysterious ancient city of Machu Picchi

The ancient city of Machu Picchi is located about 70 km from Cusco. This city was once forgotten and only became widely known when it was discovered by archaeologist Hiram Bingham in 1911 during an expedition to this land 3,000 meters above sea level.

Machu Picchu was built around 1450 during the most prosperous period of the mighty Inca empire. Nowadays, this ancient city still has impressive towering walls. Here you will be extremely surprised to see rocks stacked on top of each other without adhesive but extremely solid and sturdy.
Machu Picchu was recognized by UNESCO as a world cultural heritage in 1983. The mysterious beauty of this ancient city has attracted many foreign tourists around the world. Therefore, Peruvian tourism authorities have limited the number of tourists who can visit the ancient city in just one day.

Amazing things at Machu Picchi

Coming to the ancient city of Machi Picchu, you will have countless new discoveries and will not be surprised by this great architectural work. This is also the most attractive destination of domestic tours in Peru. The giant stones here are arranged systematically, meticulously, and perfect down to every millimeter. Currently, no scientist can explain how the Incas were able to lift large rocks so high and connect them so firmly. What's more surprising is that the ancient Incas also built curved walls where the spaces between the stone blocks were still very tight with no gaps and extremely solid.
Coming to Machu Picchu, you will be extremely surprised because these works still look quite new even though they were built more than 600 years ago. According to scientists, the process of building the ancient city of Machu Picchu was during the reign of the two greatest emperors of the Inca empire, Pachacutec Inca Yupaqui and Tupac Inca Yupanqui.

According to the hypothesis of some historians, it is possible that due to the Spanish invasion, the Inca tribe abandoned this area and this place was previously built as a resort for the Inca nobility. There is also a theory that the city was not completely abandoned in the 16th century, because the incident involving American explorer Hiram Bingham announced that a few Quechua indigenous people stayed here and that Bingham once was led to this place by a young boy.
You will admire the magnificent stairs surrounding the buildings, this was once a place to provide food for city residents. Stone walls line the giant steps to reduce erosion and the risk of landslides. You also cannot miss the relatively intact sun temple with an extremely sophisticated and special circular cylindrical structure. Currently, moss has covered the city walls, creating a beautiful green color. In addition, here you can also see the valley below with the winding Urubamba River, majestic mountain scenery and beautiful peace.