Machu Picchu: Top Photos

Inca citadel in the clouds above the Urubamba

Now we come to the royal sector where Pachacuteq may have stayed alongside other members of the nobility. The buildings in this district are particularly large with massive rock lintels weighing as mu
The royal sector, where Pachacuteq and other nobles may have stayed, is distinguished by unusually large buildings with massive stone lintels. © Jorge Láscar from Australia, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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