Built by the Incas for the emperor Pachacuti around 1450 but was abandoned a century later. Machu Picchu was not known during the Spanish colonial period and to the outside world until the American historian, Hiram Bingham in 1911. The site was declared a Peruvian Historic Sanctuary in 1981 and a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1983. In 2007, Machu Picchu became one of the New Seven Wonders of the World.

Machu Picchu, Cusco Region, Peru

November 2019