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Chinchero (014)
Chinchero (014)

13° 23′ 27″ S, 72° 2′ 52″ W

The Incas built a main access route along the Urubamba Valley, connecting the site of Machu Picchu in the west and to Pisac in the east.

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Main Sights

  • Chinchero
  • Ollantaytambo (Conquered by the Inca Emperor Pachacutec around mid of the 15th century)
  • Pisac (Village in the Sacred Valley on the Urubamba River)
  • Racchi
  • Saqsaywaman (Inca walled complex near the old city of Cuzco, at an altitude of 3,700 m)

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See also

Archeological sites

Peru

Machu Picchu (128)
Machu Picchu (128)

Peru, officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in western South America. It is bordered on the north by Ecuador and Colombia, on the east by Brazil, on the south-east by Bolivia, on the south by Chile, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean.… [Read more]