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aug 10, 1450 - City of Machu Picchu

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Central highlands, Peru. Inka
Machu Picchu is often described as “mysterious,” but in fact a great deal is known about its construction and purpose. It was built as a royal estate for the first Inka emperor, Pachacuti Inka Yupanqui, in the middle of the 15th century, on a mountain saddle overlooking the Urubamba River (in modern day Peru).

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aug 10, 1450
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~ 576 years ago

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