Machu Picchu is a 15th-century Inca citadel situated on a mountain ridge 2,430 meters (7,970 ft) above sea level.

The Incas built the estate around 1450 but abandoned it a century later at the time of the Spanish Conquest.

Machu Picchu was never discovered by the Spanish Empire.

View from the Sun Gate.

Got my Machu Picchu passport stamp!

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