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Sights of America There are many places in America where tourists come to visit. Name: Tania Lisette Cosme Oropeza Teacher: Miriam Santisteban Grade and section: 6to A-I

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Sights of America

There are many places in America where tourists come to visit.

Name: Tania Lisette Cosme Oropeza

Teacher: Miriam Santisteban

Grade and section: 6to A-I

Machu Picchu It is the name given to the beautiful Inca town which was built in

the fifteenth century between two mountains, Machu Picchu and Huayna Picchu, and UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1983 by UNESCO. Archaeologists divide into 3 zones: The Sacred Area (where the Room of the Three Windows , where, according to the myth of the Ayar brothers , came the Incas day of creation is ) the District of the Priests and the Nobility (zone residential ) and the Popular Quarter ( where the houses of other people are ).

Nazca Lines They are located in the Nazca Desert and were drawn by

the culture of the same name, between the Peruvian towns of Nazca and Palpa. These lines comprise hundreds of figures , geometric and abstract designs that extend over an area of over 500 square kilometers.

Chichen Itzá Located in the town of Tinum in the Yucatan Peninsula , the

archaeological destination of choice allows travelers to see the majesty of one of the seven wonders of the modern world , the Temple of Kukultán , where you can discover the knowledge of geometry, astronomy and mathematics who were the Maya.