Among the most outstanding structures of the urban section is the Temple of the Sun, a semi-circular building raised on a great, massive rock. The chroniclers tell that its walls were encrusted with gold and precious stones.

On reaching a slope of various arable terraces, we find the Intihuatana. According to various researchers, this monument, also known as the Solar Clock, served two purposes: to measure time (through effects of light and shadow) and as an altar.

Following winding paths and climbing steep stairways, we arrive at the Temple of the Three Windows. The architecture of this place is the most impressive in all Machu Picchu, made up as it is of huge, many-sided, finely sculpted rocks exactly joined.

But the outstanding feature of Machu Picchu is the natural power emanating from the peak of Huayna Picchu. From any part of the citadel the visitor can contemplase the mountain's impressive bulk rising above the horizon, like an old watchman guarding unfathomable mysteries.

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