MACHU PICCHU 
It is situated on a mountain ridge above the Urubamba Valley in Peru, which is 80 km (50 mi) northwest of Cusco. Often referred to as "The Lost City of the Incas", Machu Picchu is probably the most familiar symbol of the Inca Empire.
Machu Picchu was built in the classical Inca style, with polished dry-stone walls. Its primary buildings are the Intihuatana, the Temple of the Sun, and the Room of the Three Windows.
These are located in what is known by archaeologists as the Sacred District of Machu Picchu. In September of 2007, Peru and Yale University reached an agreement regarding the return of artifacts which Hiram Bingham had removed from Machu Picchu in the early 20th century. Currently, there are concerns about the impact of tourism on the site as it reached 400,000 visitors in 2003.
For my this is a wonderful place. Since girl I wanted to travel to Peru and visit this works perfect created by the Incas. Actually the opportunity to have many tourists arriving in place so spectacular and enviable.
Most of the construction in Machu Picchu uses the classic Inca architectural style of polished dry-stone walls of regular shape. The Incas were masters of this technique, called ashlar, in which blocks of stone are cut to fit together tightly without mortar. The Incas were among the best stone masons the world has seen, and many junctions in the central city are so perfect that not even a knife fits between the stones.
I used to watch TV several reports about tourists and journalists who visit the place and her hopes and wishes for the amount of time it takes to visit this place is so great that we need more than one day to know the place.
This is an global view of the ruins of Machu Picchu. It is important that South Americans learn to appreciate the valuable heritage so that our ancestors left us.
Karina Minga Arias.
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