Huacas were not considered merely objects or places, but more specifically ... just like for the Inca before them, landscapes ...

At over 6,000 metres, Mt Ampato is one of the highest mountains in Peru, and a place were the Inca used in one of their most dramatic and powerful religious ceremonies: human sacrifice.

which the Inca called the Willcamayo—“sacred river.” These two factors—plus many others—lend a spiritual significance to Machu Picchu's location. There's also no other place nearby that ...