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History
Machu Picchu
was built around 1450, at the height of the Inca Empire.[7]
It was abandoned just over 100 years later, in 1572, as a belated result of the
Spanish Conquest.[7][8]
It is possible that most of its inhabitants died from smallpox
introduced by travelers before the Spanish conquistadors
arrived in the area.[9] The
latter had notes of a place called Piccho, although there is no record
of the Spanish having visited the remote city. The types of sacred rocks
defaced by the conquistadors in other locations are untouched at Machu Picchu.[8]