Machu Picchu

"Big Picchu"
The Gecko

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Trail Map Relief Map Trail Height Height to Scale Salapunku Patallacta Runcuraccay Sayacmarca Phuyupatamarca Wiñaywayna Machu Picchu Huaynapicchu
Quechua: Machu Picchu / Machupicchu
"Old/Big Picchu"
(Machu=Old/Big, Picchu is the region)

Named by Hiram Bingham, who simply took the name of the hill it sits on.

Machu Picchu was probably not discovered by the Spanish, no one knows how, but was abandoned never-the-less by the Incas, no one knows why.
Machu Picchu
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