Ruins of Machu Picchu, Inca period, approximately XV century

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Machu Picchu, Quechua words meaning "Old Mountain" is an ancient Andean town of Inca origin, built in the mid fifteenth century in the rocky promontory that unites the Machu Picchu and Huayna Picchu mountains, in the eastern slopes of the Cordillera Central, the southern Peru.

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Size: 3264px × 4896px
Location: Machu Picchu, Aguascalientes, Peru
Photo credit: © Nacho Calonge / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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