Monday, April 11, 2011

Matchu Picchu

Well that was a fun topic to cover! Now I’m getting close to the end of my journey but I still have a couple more places to go. The next place I’m off to is Matchu Picchu, the great mountain in Peru.  This mountain is a pre-Columbian 15th-century Inca site located 2,430 meters (7,970 ft) above sea level. The ruins of Machu Picchu are divided into two main sections known as the Urban and Agricultural Sectors, divided by a wall. The Agricultural Sector is further subdivided into Upper and Lower sectors, while the Urban Sector is split into East and West sectors, separated by wide plazas.
The central buildings of Machu Picchu use the classical Inca architectural style of polished dry-stone walls of regular shape. The Incas were masters of this technique, called ashlar, in which blocks of stone are cut to fit together tightly without mortar. Many junctions in the central city are so perfect that it is said not even a blade of grass fits between the stones.

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