Machu Picchu

15th-century Inca citadel in Peru

Machu Picchu is a 15th-century Inca citadel located in the Eastern Cordillera of southern Peru on a mountain ridge at 2,430 meters (7,970 ft). It is situated in the Machupicchu District of Urubamba Province about 80 kilometers northwest of Cusco, above the Sacred Valley and along the Urubamba River, which forms a deep canyon with a subtropical mountain climate.

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Coordinates: -13.1633° N, -72.5456° E

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Wikipedia (English): Machu Picchu · CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated 1 October 2026

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