Machu Picchu Info
- Machu Picchu
- An Inca fortress and sacred city in the southern Peruvian Andes. The site covers an area of around five square miles (thirteen square kilometers) at an altitude of 7, 874 feet (2, 400 meters). It includes a temple and citadel and is surrounded by terraces. It was rediscovered in 1911 by the American Hiram Bingham.