What is the most important part of Machu Picchu?

The Temple of the 3 Windows Probably the most important temple in Machu Picchu, in the totality of its walls you can find stones of great size and finely tall. It has a wingspan of twelve meters wide by 5 meters wide.



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While Machu Picchu remains an unsolved mystery, it teaches us a lot about the Incan legacy…
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Besides allowing the Inca to more easily find and fit stones together without mortar, the faults provided other advantages. The fault lines running through the site probably directed melting snow and rainwater to the high-altitude outpost providing water.

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In the Quechua Indian language, “Machu Picchu” means “Old Peak” or “Old Mountain.”

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With Pachacútec, who built Machu Picchu, the Inca domain ceased to be a manor to expand rapidly and become the great empire of which we have record. This time of prosperity, allowed the construction of magnificent works, being the most important the Inca City of Machu Picchu.

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