Mysterious geographical exploration:
South American Andes range extends from Patagonia to the Darien, the training and Lifting
correspond with
Rocky Mountains to the Cenozoic Era. The South American Andes can be divided into two regions
:
northern Andes (Ecuador, Colombia and Venezuela) and
southern Andes (Bolivia, Peru and Chile).
Unlike the Andes northern, southern Andes
are noted for their high altitudes, mountain
sector is interrupted by valleys and plains.
Peru and Bolivia were the major geographic centers of Inca and Tiahuanaco cultures.
"Machu Picchu is a city of stairs, almost all the
buildings are at different levels, linked to each other by stairs
, some exquisitely carved stone,
others without much effort stones lined aesthetic, but
all capable of withstanding the weather, as
the entire city which has only lost
thatched roofs and trunk, too weak to fight the elements.
food needs could be met by the
vegetables grown by cultivation in terraces, which
still perfectly preserved.
His defense was very easy because the two sides are formed by
slopes almost to the bottom, the third is a narrow gorge
trails passable only
easily defensible, while the fourth gives the Huainca-Picchu. This
is a peak that rises about 200 m above the level of their
brother climbing difficult, almost impossible for tourists,
if the remains of Inca road that allow
reach the summit along cliffs cut chop. The place seems more
observation than anything else, because there are no large buildings
. The Urubamba
outlines almost completely the two hills making their decision
virtually impossible for an attacking force. "
Machu Picchu, stone enigma America
Ernesto Guevara (1953).
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