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[[Image:Machu_Picchu.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Machu Picchu]] | [[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 around 1440 as a resort for Inca nobility. | '''Machu Picchu''' is the 'Lost City of the [[Inca]]s'. It was built on a [[Peru]]vian mountain ridge around 1440 as a resort for Inca nobility. | ||
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| + | Machu Picchu is in the ''World Heritage List'' since 1983 and one of the ''New 7 Wonders of the World'' since 2007. | ||
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| + | == External links == | ||
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| + | *[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] | ||
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[[category:cities]] | [[category:cities]] | ||
[[category:history]] | [[category:history]] | ||
[[category:Peru]] | [[category:Peru]] | ||
