Stunning view of the house of the guardian overlooking the lost inca city Machu Picchu, Sacred valley of Incas, Cusco region, Peru

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Machu Picchu is a 15th-century Inca citadel located in the Eastern Cordillera of southern Peru on a 2,430-meter mountain ridge. Often referred to as the Lost City of the Incas, it is the most familiar icon of the Inca Empire. Machu Picchu was declared a Peruvian Historic Sanctuary in 1982 and a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1983. In 2007 was voted one of the New Seven Wonders of the World

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Location: Machu Picchu, Peru
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