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Discover Yanayacu in Peru

Yanayacu in the region of Cusco is a place located in Peru - some 311 mi or ( 500 km ) East of Lima , the country's capital .

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Local time in Yanayacu is now 07:07 AM (Wednesday) . The local timezone is named " America/Lima " with a UTC offset of -5 hours. Depending on your mobility, these larger cities might be interesting for you: Huánuco, Umasbamba, Puno, Pomachaca, and Pisunayniyocc. When in this area, you might want to check out Huánuco . We discovered some clip posted online . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Are you looking for some initial hints on what might be interesting in Yanayacu ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


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Inca trail and Machu Picchu, Peru

8:43 min by AaVeeZet
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Inca trail. We took the train from Ollantaytambo, following the Urubamba river to Km.104 of the railroad, where we alighted and crossed a footbridge to begin our hike at the Inca site of Chachabamba. ..

Machu Picchu, Lost City of the Inca, Peru

3:53 min by BaymountAdventures1
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Machu Picchu, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, was an incredible sacred city of the Incas. ..


マチュピチュ2 CineMagic MachuPicchu2.wmv

5:07 min by MrUshikujiji
Views: 259 Rating: 5.00

天空の都市・・・ヤッパリ自分の足で行って見るものです地球の裏側まで来た甲斐があった自分が鳥になったようだ、眼の前に聳えるワイナピチュには登れなかった残念ながら体が許さない The city in the sky ・・・ It went by the shank's mare and there was a coming effect up to the other side of the eart ..

A Trip To Machu Picchu In 3 minutes and 51 seconds

3:51 min by DavisMcDavis
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I think the most amazing thing about the stonework is that it was made without the use of any metal tools. They only had other rocks to carve the rocks, yet still managed to carve them very intricatel ..


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Interesting facts about this location

Huayopata District

Huayopata District is one of ten districts of the province La Convención in Peru.

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Located at -13.01 -72.56 (Lat./Long.); Less than 4 km away
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Santa Teresa District

Santa Teresa District is one of ten districts of the province La Convención in Peru. Santa Teresa, Peru is situated 6.5 km northwest of Machu Picchu and is at the axis of several important routes leading to this archeological centre, including alternative paths ways to the ruins (previously the railway was the only means of reaching Machu Picchu). In 1998, a landslide completely buried the town and destroyed that bridge that connected it to Machu Picchu and Cusco.

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Located at -13.13 -72.60 (Lat./Long.); Less than 17 km away
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Temple of the Moon (Peru)

The Temple of the Moon is an Incan ceremonial temple on Huayna Picchu near Machu Picchu, in Peru. The site is made up of stone masonry and an open-face, shallow cave. The temple is arbitrarily named, like many of the sites in Machu Picchu. In the center of the cave is a throne carved out of rock. Beside the throne are steps that lead deeper into the cave. It is thought that the caves were used to hold mummies. The Temple of the Moon dates back 1500 years It was rediscovered in 1936.

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Located at -13.15 -72.55 (Lat./Long.); Less than 17 km away
Tags: Archaeological sites in Peru, Inca, Ruins in Peru

Machu Picchu

Machu Picchu is a 15th-century Inca site located 2,430 metres above sea level. Machu Picchu is located in the Cusco Region of Peru, South America. It is situated on a mountain ridge above the Urubamba Valley in Peru, which is 80 kilometres northwest of Cusco and through which the Urubamba River flows. Most archaeologists believe that Machu Picchu was built as an estate for the Inca emperor Pachacuti (1438–1472).

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Located at -13.16 -72.55 (Lat./Long.); Less than 19 km away
Tags: Archaeoastronomy, Archaeological sites in Peru, Former populated places in Peru, Historic Civil Engineering Landmarks, Historical sanctuaries of Peru, Inca, Populated places established in the 15th century, Protected areas established in 1981, Ruins in Peru, World Heritage Sites in Peru

Llactapata

Llactapata (also spelled Llaqtapata) is a combination of two Quechua words. The pronunciation of Llactapata is yakta-pahta. Hiram Bingham, discoverer of Machu Picchu and many other Incan sites, states that Llacta Pata is a descriptive term; "llacta" means "town" and "pata" means "a height". Thus, more than one site has been, and is, referred to by this name.

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Located at -13.18 -72.59 (Lat./Long.); Less than 21 km away
Tags: Archaeological sites in Peru, Inca