'''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 the 'Lost City of the [[Inca]]s'. It was built on a [[Peru]]vian mountain ridge between 1440 and 1470AD as a resort for Inca nobility and for astronomy purposes.
Machu Picchu is in the ''World Heritage List'' since 1983 and is one of the ''New 7 Wonders of the World'' since 2007.
Machu Picchu is in the ''World Heritage List'' since 1983 and is one of the ''New 7 Wonders of the World'' since 2007.