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Machu Picchu; Peru
Machu Picchu, which means "old settlement," is located halfway up the Andes Plateauin the Amazon jungle and above the Urubamba River. Originally a 15th century Incan settlement, the magnificent city was "lost" for three centuries, then rediscovered in 1911.
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