Researchers discover new platforms in the Sacred Plaza of Machu Picchu

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With the support of advanced geological research technologies, Italian and Polish archaeologists found new platforms under the 19009006 Inca Citadel of Machu Picchu the main tourist destination of Peru.These are two levels of platforms that lie under the Holy Square of the stone citadel, about three or four meters deep, as explained by the Italian archaeologist Nicola Massini project leader . .

In addition to their agricultural purposes the platforms helped stabilize the stone structures “and their findings” Allow us to confirm the Machu Picchu has different construction phases & # 39; Plaza Sagrada in the central citadel of the citadel is a set of buildings of large carved rocks surrounding a square courtyard where different rituals develop The main temple, the Temple of the Three Windows and the Priesthood

A second phase of the investigation will be developed in 2019, also by ] Italian team to measure the possible displacement of rocks and structures in a millimetric manner, as well as the affections caused byclimate phenomena or the visit of tourists . This study aims at the analysis of satellite images. The results will serve to improve the conservation protocols of the monumental citadel, visited by almost one and a half million tourists in 2017, according to the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Tourism