Sunrise Over Machu Picchu, Peru
by Venetia Featherstone-Witty
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Sunrise Over Machu Picchu, Peru
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Venetia Featherstone-Witty
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Photograph - Photographs
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Always a highlight of any trip to Peru, we got up really early to witness the sunrise, a really magical experience! Machu Picchu is a 15th-century Inca citadel situated on a mountain ridge 7,970 ft. above sea level.It is located in the Cusco Region, Urubamba Province, Machu Picchu District in Peru, above the Sacred Valley, which is 50 miles northwest of Cuzco and through which the Urubamba River flows.
Most archaeologists believe that Machu Picchu was constructed as an estate for the Inca emperor Pachacuti (1438–1472). Often mistakenly referred to as the "Lost City of the Incas", it is the most familiar icon of Inca civilization. The Incas built the estate around 1450 but abandoned it a century later at the time of the Spanish Conquest. Although known locally, it was not known to the Spanish during the colonial period and remained unknown to the outside world until American historian Hiram Bingham brought it to international attention in 1911.
Machu Picchu was built in the classical Inca style, with polished dry-stone walls. Its three primary structures are the Intihuatana, the Temple of the Sun, and the Room of the Three Windows. Most of the outlying buildings have been reconstructed in order to give tourists a better idea of how they originally appeared. By 1976, thirty percent of Machu Picchu had been restored and restoration continues.
Machu Picchu was declared a Peruvian Historic Sanctuary in 1981 and a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1983.In 2007, Machu Picchu was voted one of the New Seven Wonders of the World in a worldwide Internet poll.
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Tatiana Travelways
Wonderful picture, Venetia!
Venetia Featherstone-Witty replied:
Thank you very much Tatiana - we got up before dawn to see the sunrise here!
Luther Fine Art
Congratulations! Your marvelous art has been featured on the Home Page of the ABC Group. This art has been selected from the ABC Group's D IS FOR DESTINATION WEEK You are invited to add this to the features archive discussions and in another discussion in ABC Group!
Barbie Corbett-Newmin
You are invited to submit this to my Peruvian People and Perspectives group. :)
Venetia Featherstone-Witty replied:
Thanks I did not know about this group - I have lots of pictures from this trip!!
Jan Mulherin
Congratulations!! This beautiful image has been selected to be featured for the week in the “Shadow Silhouettes and Reflections Outdoors” Group Home Page. If enabled, your image will also be posted to our group Google+ Page. You are welcome to add a preview of this featured image to the group’s discussion post titled “2018 September: Stunning Group Featured Images and Thank-you’s” for a permanent display within the group, to share this achievement with others. Thank you for your participation in the group! (September 17, 2018)
Lyric Lucas
Congratulations, your creative and unique art work is Featured in the "Out Of The Ordinary 1 A Day" group! 7/23/18 l/f