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This sanctuary was stablisted on January 8, 1981, through (D.S.)
N 001-81-AA. In 1983 UNESCO declared it as the Cultural and
Natural in heritance of the Humanity. This Sanctuary is located
in the department of Cusco, province of Urubamba, district
of Machu Picchu. It has a surface of 32 592 hectares. Besides
the beautiful citadel of Machupicchu there are in the area
other 34 archaeological sites conected by the famous Inca
path.
The
flora is exhuberant, in the low lands we find the also (Alnus
jorullensis), the pisonay (Erythrina falcota), the walnut
tree (Junglans neotropica), the intimpa (Podocarpus glomeratus;
the quishuar (Buddleia incana), the queñual (Polylepsis
racemosa), the cedar (Cedrela sp.) and many others like
palm trees and archids (30 types and 190 species) which
flower all the year, among the most beautiful archids we
can see the Maxillaria floribunda among others.
With
regard to the fauna, among the birds we can notice the condor
(vultur gryphus) and different gummingbirds, among the mammals
we observe the Taruka Taruka (Mazzama chunyi), the puma
(Puma con color), the ocelot (Leopardus pardalis) and some
species of monkeys like Cebus, Saimiri, Aotus and Lagothrix
the last one in danger of extinction.
The
gallito de las rocas (Rupicola peruviana), the spectacled
bear (Tremarctos ornatus) the outter (Lutra longicaudis)
and the wild cat (Oncifelis colocolo). The main goals of
this Historical Sanctuary of Machu Picchu are the protection
of the archaeological sites in the area and the preservation
the wild flora and fauna of this area.
Please click on the following links
to Historical Sanctuaries in Peru:
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