The magical experience that is Machu Picchu
The magical experience that is Machu Picchu The Inca people originally came from the island of the Sun on Lake Titicaca, this is where Manco Capac and Mama Ocllo traveled northward to Cusco where conditions for living and agriculture were more favorable. Machu Picchu was built as a refuge for elite members of Inca aristocracy about 80 miles (130 km) from the erstwhile capital Cusco, on a 2,430-meter mountain ridge by the 9th and greatest ruler Pachacútec Inca Yapanqui (1430 – 1478) after he conquered the Chanca . The Urubamba River flows past it, cutting through the Cordillera mountains and creating a canyon with a tropical mountain climate. Short 360 degree video In the Quechua language, Machu Picchu means “ Old Mountain ” which is one of the peaks towering over the citadel. The local name for citadel is Patallaqta - or more accurately Llaqta Pata - which comes from two words in Quechua, Pata which meaning steps , and Llaqta ...