A quick look at the sacred Inca city as we approach
100th birthday of its discovery by explorer
Hiram Bingham in 1911.

The Discovery

An expedition led by American explorer Hiram Bingham
arrived in 1911 at the Inca citadel of Machu Picchu, they found
covered by dense vegetation accumulated over many years
oblivion. The discovery was announced in a special edition
National Geographic magazine. Soon he had to wait for
visited by travelers and scholars from around the world.

To celebrate the centenary of its discovery several activities have
been initiated, these will continue until July of next year, the middle months
of the celebration.

The Inca Trail: The first trip

Since its broadcast on National Geographic, the scientific community
International rolled his eyes at Machu Picchu. That same year, 1913
started building the railway on the route Cusco-Quillabamba
but as was done in stages, only in 1928 came to the station
Machu Picchu, allowing ever since the beginning of tourism to this
place. However, until 1939 only once or twice a month small
groups rose slowly on foot or by mule to the citadel.

This year was another scientific expedition to Machu Picchu, this time
Gren funded by Axel Werner, owner and other industries
Electrolux and considered one of the richest men in Sweden. This
expedition was led by Paul Fejos, physician and director of
Hungarian-American film which was assisted executive
Alberto Giesecke Mattos (son of the rector of the University of San Antonio
Abad two decades ago to help Bingham, now, its 96 years,
lives in Lima). This expedition, composed of anthropologists, and fitólogos
linguists, traveled, studied and cleared the way Inca decades
later became one of the most popular forms of access
Machu Picchu.