Monday, December 14, 2015

Now you can visit Machu Picchu from Google Street View





Thanks to an agreement between Google and the Ministry of Culture of Peru, anyone can now 'walk' among the most impressive Inca ruins in the world, accessing interactive panoramic images. Anyone can walk without leaving your home between the Inca ruins of MachuPicchu in Cusco, considered a masterpiece of architecture and engineering.

Users can virtually go places like the astronomical observatory (Intihuatana), the Sun Temple and the Temple of the Three Windows, three sites dedicated to Inti, Quechua name of the sun god, the principal deity of the Incas.

Thanks to the tools of Google Maps and Google Earth, the panoramic views of Machu Picchu will be enjoyed by millions of Internet users, who can access by click of mouse to the Inca citadel located more than two thousand meters above sea level and considered one of the most popular tourist destinations on the planet.

Machu Picchu is on the list of World Heritage of Unesco since 1983. In 2007 the citadel was declared one of the new seven wonders of the modern world.

Source: RT.
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