Machu Picchu (Quechua: Machu Pikchu "Old Peak") is a pre-ColumbianInca city located at 2,430 m (7,970 ft) altitude on a mountainridge above the Urubamba Valley in Peru, about 70 km (44 mi) northwest of Cusco. Machu Picchu is probably the most familiar symbol of the Inca Empire. It is often referred to as "The Lost City of the Incas". The site was designated as a World Heritage Site in 1983 when it was described as "an absolute masterpiece of architecture and a unique testimony to the Inca civilization".
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