<h3>Answer: This is how I would explain Machu Pichu from my perspective: Machu Picchu was an Incan retreat for its emperor. Machu Picchu is a 15th-century Inca site located on a ridge between the Huayna Picchu and Machu Picchu mountains in (Peru). It sits <em>7,970 </em><u>feet </u><em>2,430</em><u>meters</u> above sea level on the eastern slope of the Andes and overlooks the Urubamba River hundreds of feet below</h3>