Not until a July afternoon in 1911 has the Inca city of Machu Picchu been touched since the end of Inca civilization. The city contains ruined homes with walls of “white granite ashlars”. Travel through the vast forests of Peru to find out this mysterious city! You will want to visit the city of Machu Picchu because of its architecture , it is a world renowned archaeological site, and the city is an important cultural site in Latin America.

One reason you should visit the city of Machu Picchu is because of its architecture. When Hiram Bingham entered Machu Picchu, the explorer “gaped” in his amazement at a huge alter carved from the mountainside - the intihuatana, or “hitching post of the sun”. He was flabbergasted at the sight of such an enormous alter. Continuing forth, Hiram Bingham marveled at the “El Torreon” - a semicircle tower. A pair of three-sided temples with triple windows held him in immense excitement. The architecture of Machu Picchu makes it a site worth the travel. About 200 elegantly detailed structures remain in this mysterious city of the Inca Empire. In Europe, the attractions are busy, or even overcrowded, and expensive. The silent …show more content…
The history of Machu Picchu involves invasion by the Spanish. Spanish conquistador “Francisco Pizarro” in the 1530s conquered the territory. Hiram Bingham, a professor of Latin American history at Yale University, believed that Machu may have been a “secret stronghold” built by the “Inca ruler Manco II” after he escaped the Spanish Conquest in 1535 (Damon, 1). Damon’s point ties to the thesis because it shows that Machu Picchu in its mystery is a world renowned archaeology site. The site may have been a secret stronghold, which means that this peculiar site was a location of refuge and protection. It adds to the uniqueness of Machu, as not many tourist attractions around the world were