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Thursday, July 7, 2011

From 100 Facts for 100 Years of Machu Picchu - #35



By Catharine Hamm | Los Angeles Times Travel Editor

35. Hiram Bingham found Vicabamba, but he dismissed it because it wasn't as grand as Machu Picchu.

Due to its remote jungle location once the Inca empire fell to the Spanish, the location of Vilcabamba was quickly forgotten and much of the city would be encompassed by the surrounding forest.

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