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.
