Machu Picchu: Top Photos

Lost city of the Inca, hidden in the clouds

A general view of the Sacred Plaza, the site of the finest structures at Machu Picchu. In the center is the Chief Temple, and at the right the Temple of the Three Windows. Above them is the Sacred Hil
The Sacred Plaza holds the Chief Temple and the Temple of the Three Windows — the religious core of what was almost certainly Pachacuti's royal estate. The Spanish never got here to destroy any of it. © Hiram Bingham III, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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