Historic Sanctuary of Machu Picchu World Heritage Site

Official name

Historic Sanctuary of Machu Picchu | UNESCO

Country

Peru | Map

Continent

South America

Location

-13.1166° Lat, -72.5833° Lon | Map

Code

274

Time Zone

America/Lima (-05, -0500)

Current Time

Category

Mixed

Description

Inscribed 1983. Machu Picchu stands 2,430 m above sea-level, in the middle of a tropical mountain forest, in an extraordinarily beautiful setting. It was probably the most amazing urban creation of the Inca Empire at its height; its giant walls, terraces and ramps seem as if they have been cut naturally in the continuous rock escarpments. The natural setting, on the eastern slopes of the Andes, encompasses the upper Amazon basin with its rich diversity of flora and fauna.