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I've celebrated my 100th photograph at DeviantArt today, with a picture taken at Machu Picchu.

Machu Picchu is the dream of numereous travellers, arguably the most-dreamed about place on Earth.

Let's take a quick look at this spectacular place...

Often referred to as "The Lost City of the Incas", Machu Picchu is probably the most familiar symbol of the Inca Empire.

It was built around the year 1450 at 2,430 meters above the sea level, and abandoned a hundred years later, at the time of the Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire.

Forgotten for centuries by all except for a few locals, the site was brought to worldwide attention in 1911 by Hiram Bingham, an American historian.

Since then, Machu Picchu has become an important tourist attraction, it was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1983. It is also one of the New Seven Wonders of the World.