Machu Picchu, Peru in Pictures

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Early morning in wonderful Machu Picchu.

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Sunset across Machu Picchu.

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Machu Picchu Temple of the Sun (also named "the watch tower"). The stones of its dry-stone walls built by the Incas can move slightly and resettle without the walls collapsing.

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Terraced Fields in the upper Agricultural Sector.

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Residential section of the Machu Picchu.

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Interior of an Inca building, featuring trapezoidal windows.

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The Intihuatana ("hitching post of the sun") is believed to have been designed as an astronomic clock or calendar by the Incas.

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View of the Temple of Three Windows in the lower section of the Inca city of Machu Picchu.

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Small water canal.

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The Urubamba river seen 600 m from above.

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The Inca Bridge, near Machu Picchu.

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Machu Picchu's Moon Temple.

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Machu Picchu (The old mountain) seen from the Huayna Picchu (The young mountain).

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Machu Picchu from Huayna Picchu.

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Machu Picchu (1911).