{"id":23,"date":"2025-11-12T02:49:17","date_gmt":"2025-11-12T02:49:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/machupicchu\/?page_id=23"},"modified":"2025-11-27T02:06:05","modified_gmt":"2025-11-27T02:06:05","slug":"where","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/machupicchu\/where\/","title":{"rendered":"Where"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Machu Picchu is located in the Cusco region in southern Peru. It is situated in the Andes Mountains and the Amazon, reaching heights of just under 8000 feet. The Historic Sanctuary of Machu Picchu as a protected area covers 135 square miles, encompassing the Machu Picchu archaeological site (what you think of when you think of when you think of Machu Picchu) and the surrounding nature and environments (Wikipedia, 2025a).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"701\" height=\"1001\" src=\"https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/9162\/files\/2025\/11\/Detail-location-Machu-Picchu-Peru.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-60\" style=\"width:200px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Britannica. (2025). Machu Picchu. <em>Detail of location of Machu Picchu in south-central Peru.<\/em> [Image]. Britannica<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"707\" src=\"https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/9162\/files\/2025\/11\/image.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-95\" style=\"width:200px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/9162\/files\/2025\/11\/image.png 500w, https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/9162\/files\/2025\/11\/image-212x300.png 212w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">UNESCO. (2013). <em>Machu Picchu &#8211; Map of the inscribed property<\/em>. [Image]. UNESCO <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Machu Picchu is located in the Cusco region in southern Peru. It is situated in the Andes Mountains and the Amazon, reaching heights of just under 8000 feet. The Historic Sanctuary of Machu Picchu as a protected area covers 135 square miles, encompassing the Machu Picchu archaeological site (what you think of when you think &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/machupicchu\/where\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Where<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15011,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-23","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/machupicchu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/23","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/machupicchu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/machupicchu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/machupicchu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15011"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/machupicchu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/machupicchu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/23\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":107,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/machupicchu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/23\/revisions\/107"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/machupicchu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}