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 * __[|Machu Picchu]__**

Have you ever heard on Machu Picchu? Well Machu Picchu is one of the Seven Wonders of The World. The word Machu Picchu means “Old Peak.” Machu Picchu is a Pre- Columbian Inca site that is located at 2,430 meters above sea level. It is fifty miles northwest of Cuzco. It is also referred to as “The Lost City of the Incas.” The Incas started building it in A.D 1430. It was abandoned. Machu Picchu was declared a Peruvian Historical Sanctuary in 1981. Machu Picchu is a cultural site and considered a sacred place. After it was made it was abandoned around one hundred years later, in 1572. Most of the inhabitants died because of smallpox before the Spanish conquistadores arrived in the area. The conquistadors defaced sacred rocks in other places but left Machu Picchu untouched. The ruins that were left untouched were divided into two main sections. Just recently in January of 2010 heavy rain caused flooding which buried or washed away roads and railways leading to Machu Picchu. It trapped 2,000 tourists. Now it is closed but it will open at the end of February.