High in the Andes Mountains of South America sits Machu Picchu, a breathtaking granite royal estate built by the Inca people of Peru. Surrounding the city is the site's most recognizable trait, a collection of hundreds of stone terraces. Machu Picchu is among the best known and most popular archaelolgical sites in the Western Hemisphere.
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