Valle Sagrado de los Incas
Machu Picchu is a 15th-century Inca citadel, located in the Eastern Cordillera of southern Peru, on a mountain ridge. It is located in the Machupicchu District within Urubamba Province above the Sacred Valley, which is northwest of Cuzco. The Urubamba River flows past it, cutting through the Cordillera and creating a canyon with a tropical mountain climate.