{"id":13921,"date":"2021-10-20T17:18:45","date_gmt":"2021-10-20T15:18:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gopillarnews.com\/?p=13921"},"modified":"2023-02-16T18:54:51","modified_gmt":"2023-02-16T16:54:51","slug":"what-does-machu-picchu-mean","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gopillarnews.com\/en\/what-does-machu-picchu-mean\/","title":{"rendered":"What does Machu Picchu mean?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_22 counter-hierarchy counter-decimal\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" style=\"display: none;\"><i class=\"ez-toc-glyphicon ez-toc-icon-toggle\"><\/i><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class=\"ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1\"><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gopillarnews.com\/en\/what-does-machu-picchu-mean\/#In_this_article_you_will_find_everything_you_need_to_know_about_the_meaning_behind_Machu_Picchu\" title=\"In this article you will find everything you need to know about the meaning behind Machu Picchu.\">In this article you will find everything you need to know about the meaning behind Machu Picchu.<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gopillarnews.com\/en\/what-does-machu-picchu-mean\/#What_is_Machu_Picchu\" title=\"What is Machu Picchu?\">What is Machu Picchu?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gopillarnews.com\/en\/what-does-machu-picchu-mean\/#What_Machu_Picchu_means\" title=\"What Machu Picchu means\">What Machu Picchu means<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"In_this_article_you_will_find_everything_you_need_to_know_about_the_meaning_behind_Machu_Picchu\"><\/span><strong>In this article you will find everything you need to know about the meaning behind Machu Picchu.<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When we talk about Machu Picchu we are referring to an <\/span><b>Inca archaeological site located in Peru<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that is surrounded by the Amazon jungle northeast of the city of Cusco. However, not everyone knows the literal meaning of its name. Therefore, let&#8217;s discover some more details about this archaeological site and its name really means.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img src=\"https:\/\/www.gopillaracademy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Machu-Picchu-e1537375302972.jpg\" alt=\"\u00bfQu\u00e9 significa Machu Picchu?\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_is_Machu_Picchu\"><\/span><strong>What is Machu Picchu?<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Machu Picchu is located within the<\/span><b> Urubamba valley,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at about 2,350 m. It is a very suggestive place, where you can admire impressive ruins, as well as a splendid view of the Urubamba valley, about 400 meters below. To get there it&#8217;s necessary to pass through the town of Aguas Calientes, which can only be reached by train or helicopter. From there, take another train and walk a long way. Although it is a but of a hike, the final destination is well worth the journey.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Scholars assume that Machu Picchu was built by the Inca emperor Pachacutec around 1440, and remained inhabited until 1532.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gopillaracademy.com\/shop\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-16119\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gopillarnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/BANNER-ENG-GENERICO-copia-2-1024x135.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"135\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After being abandoned, its location remained unknown for four centuries. It was June 24, 1911 when the American historian <\/span><b>Hiram Bingham <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">unearthed what later became one of the most famous cultural complexes in the world. Funnily, Bingham was actually in Peru looking for the remains of Vilcabamba and had believed he found them right in this citadel in the Andes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He soon realized that he had actually found the remains of a city forgotten by the world. According to testimonies, Machu Picchu was referred to many times throughout history, but Bingham was credited with having understood the importance of this discovery and having initiated studies on the ruins.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Part of the <\/span><b>UNESCO World Heritage Sites<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Machu Picchu was chosen as <\/span><b>one of the Seven Wonders of the World in 2007<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. It is the third largest archaeological site in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gopillarnews.com\/en\/the-most-beautiful-museums-in-the-world\/\">world<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> <img src=\"https:\/\/www.gopillaracademy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/shutterstock_295718549.jpg\" alt=\"\u00bfQu\u00e9 significa Machu Picchu?\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But let&#8217;s see what Machu Picchu literally means.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_Machu_Picchu_means\"><\/span><strong>What Machu Picchu means<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As for the meaning of the two words, <\/span><b>Machu means &#8216;Old&#8217;, while Picchu means &#8216;Mountain&#8217;. <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Therefore, the name for one of the most enchanting places in the world means: <\/span><b>Old Mountain!<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gopillaracademy.com\/shop\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-16119\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gopillarnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/BANNER-ENG-GENERICO-copia-2-1024x135.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"135\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Table of Contents In this article you will find everything you need to know about the meaning behind Machu Picchu.What is Machu Picchu?What Machu Picchu means In this article you will find everything you need to know about the meaning behind Machu Picchu. When we talk about Machu Picchu we are referring to an Inca &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":10221,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[680],"tags":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gopillarnews.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13921"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gopillarnews.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gopillarnews.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gopillarnews.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gopillarnews.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13921"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.gopillarnews.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13921\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16254,"href":"https:\/\/www.gopillarnews.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13921\/revisions\/16254"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gopillarnews.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10221"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gopillarnews.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13921"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gopillarnews.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13921"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gopillarnews.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13921"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}