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[[Image:Machu_Picchu.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Machu Picchu]]
'''Machu Picchu''' is the 'Lost City of the [[Inca]]s'.  It was built on a [[Peru]]vian mountain ridge between 1440 and 1470 AD as a resort for Inca nobility and for [[astronomy]] purposes.

Machu Picchu is in the ''[[World Heritage Site|World Heritage List]]'' since 1983 and is one of the ''New 7 Wonders of the World'' since 2007. 


== See also ==

*[[Chichen Itza]]
*[[Calakmul]]
== External links ==

*[http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/274 Historic Sanctuary of Machu Picchu]
*[http://www.new7wonders.com/index.php?id=373 Machu Picchu - New 7 Wonders]



[[Category:Former Cities]]
[[Category:Incas]]
[[Category:Peru]]