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1. 1. MACCHU PICCHUMACHU PICCHU (QUECHUA MACHU PIKCHU REDNECK,
"OLD MOUNTAIN") IS THE CONTEMPORARY NAME GIVEN TO AN INCAN
ANDEAN-LLAQTA -OLD TOWNBUILT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY
IN THE ROCKY PROMONTORY THAT CONNECTS THE MOUNTAINS MACHU PICCHU
AND HUAYNA PICCHUIN THE EASTERN SLOPE OF THE CENTRAL CORDILLERA,
SOUTHERN PERU AND 2490 M, ALTITUDE OF THE MAIN SQUARE. ITS ORIGINAL
NAME WAS PICCHUOR PICHO.1ACCORDING TO DOCUMENTS FROM THE
MID-SIXTEENTH CENTURY, 2 MACHU PICCHU WOULD HAVE BEEN ONE OF THE
VACATION HOMES OF PACHACUTECINCA NINTH TAHUANTISUYO BETWEEN 1438
AND 1470. HOWEVER, SOME OF ITS FINEST BUILDINGS AND CEREMONIAL
EVIDENT FROM THE MAIN PATHLLAQTA TO PROVE THAT THIS WAS USED AS A
SANCTUARY RELIGIOSO.3 TWO USES, THE PALACE AND THE TEMPLE, IT WOULD
HAVE BEEN INCONSISTENT.SOME EXPERTS SEEM TO HAVE RULED, HOWEVER, AN
ALLEGED MILITARY NATURE, SO POPULAR EPITHETS OF "FORTRESS" OR
"CITADEL" COULD HAVE BEENSUPERADOS.4MACHU PICCHU IS CONSIDERED BOTH
A MASTERPIECE OF ARCHITECTURE AND INGENIERA.5 ITS UNIQUE
ARCHITECTURAL AND LANDSCAPE FEATURES,AND THE VEIL OF MYSTERY THAT
HAS WOVEN AROUND MUCH OF THE LITERATURE PUBLISHED ON THE SITE, HAVE
BECOME ONE OF THE MOST POPULARTOURIST DESTINATIONS PLANET.6MACHU
PICCHU IS ON THE LIST OF WORLD HERITAGE OF UNESCO SINCE 1983, AS
PART OF A CULTURAL AND ECOLOGICAL SETTING KNOWN UNDER THENAME
HISTORIC SANCTUARY OF MACHU PICCHU. ON JULY 7, 2007 MACHU PICCHU
WAS DECLARED ONE OF THE NEW SEVEN WONDERS OF THE MODERNWORLD IN A
CEREMONY IN LISBON, PORTUGAL, WHICH WAS ATTENDED BY AHUNDRED
MILLION VOTERS WORLDWIDE.
2. 2. IGUAZU FALLSIGUAZU FALLS (PORTUGUESE: CATARATAS DO IGUAU)
ARE LOCATED ON THE IGUAZU RIVER ON THE BORDER BETWEENARGENTINA
MISIONES AND BRAZIL'S STATE OF PARANA. THEY ARE FULLY INSERTED IN
PROTECTED AREAS; ARGENTINASECTOR IS WITHIN THE IGUAZU NATIONAL
PARK, WHILE THE PORTION OF BRAZIL IS LOCATED IN THE IGUAU
NATIONALPARK. THEY WERE CHOSEN AS ONE OF THE "SEVEN NATURAL WONDERS
OF THE WORLD."THEY ARE FORMED BY 275 FALLS, 80% OF THEM ARE LOCATED
ON THE ARGENTINE SIDE. A SHOW APART IS ITS JUMPHIGHER FLOW AND 80
M, ALSO THE HIGHEST: THE THROAT OF THE DEVIL, WHICH CAN BE ENJOYED
IN ALL ITS MAJESTYFROM ONLY 50 M, WALKING THE CATWALKS THAT LEAVE
FROM PUERTO CANOAS, WHICH YOU GET TO USE THE SERVICEOF ECOLOGICAL
TRAINS. FOR THIS JUMP CROSSES THE BORDER BETWEEN THE TWO COUNTRIES.
YOU CAN TAKE BOATRIDES UNDER THE WATERFALLS AND HIKING TRAILS
APPRECIATING SOME SEMITROPICAL JUNGLE ANIMALS BELONGINGTO THE
PHYTOGEOGRAPHICAL DISTRICT OF MIXED FORESTS PARANAENSE
PHYTOGEOGRAPHIC PROVINCE
3. 3. MOUNT RUSHMOREBETWEEN 1927 AND OCTOBER 31, 1941, GUTZON
BORGLUM AND 400 WORKERS CARVED THE COLOSSAL 18M BUSTS OF US
PRESIDENTS GEORGEWASHINGTON, THOMAS JEFFERSON, THEODORE ROOSEVELT
AND ABRAHAM LINCOLN TO REPRESENT THE FIRST 150 YEARS OF THE HISTORY
OF THE UNITEDSTATES . THE PLASTER MODELS AND TOOLS USED IN THE
CONSTRUCTION OF THE SCULPTURES ARE STILL THERE. RECENTLY, AFTER TEN
YEARS OFRECONSTRUCTION WORK, HAS BUILT AN EXTENSIVE NETWORK OF
FACILITIES FOR ANCILLARY SERVICES AND WALKWAYS. THERE ARE NEW
FOOTPATHSTHAT PROVIDE SPECTACULAR VIEWS FROM THE BACK OF ABRAHAM
LINCOLN. THE MAINTENANCE OF THE MONUMENT IS A UNIQUE CHALLENGE
FORCONSERVATIVES, BECAUSE IT REQUIRES CLIMBING THE MOUNTAIN TO
CLEAN THE SCULPTURES AND REMOVE LICHENS.THE MONUMENT SERVES AS A
HOME TO MANY ANIMALS AND PLANTS REPRESENTATIVE OF THE BLACK HILLS
(BLACK HILLS) IN SOUTH DAKOTA. THEGEOLOGICAL FORMATIONS WITHIN THE
REGION ARE ALSO EVIDENT, INCLUDING LARGE OUTCROPS OF GRANITE AND
MICA. THE ROCK FORMATION ISCARVED INTO A SACRED PLACE OF THE NATIVE
TRIBE OF THE LAKOTA. A MEMORIAL CRAZY HORSE (CRAZY HORSE MEMORIAL),
BEGUN IN 1948, ISCURRENTLY CARVING [UPDATE] NEAR SOUTH DAKOTA.
MOUNT RUSHMORE WAS NAMED A NATIONAL MONUMENT ON MARCH 3, 1925.ON
JULY 8, 2005 BEGAN THE CLEANUP OF THE FACES BY ALFRED KAERCHER GMBH
& CO., A GERMAN COMPANY IN CLEANING MACHINES. ALFREDKAERCHER
GMBH & CO. OFFERED TO CLEAN THE FACES FOR FREE. IT IS THE FIRST
TIME IN THE HISTORY OF THE MONUMENT WHICH WAS WASHED WITHWATER
PRESSURE.