Machu Picchu

Architecture · c. 1450 · Andes, Peru · Americas

Pachacuti's mountain estate, never found by the Spanish; the most intact Inca site

Style: Inca Architecture — Stone fitted without mortar so tightly no blade slips in, and set into the mountainside
Century: 15th century

Made around the same time (±30 years)

c. 1440 Sacsayhuamán · Inca Architecture · Cusco
c. 1438 Coricancha · Inca Architecture · Cusco
1434 Arnolfini Portrait — Jan van Eyck · Northern Renaissance · Bruges
1432 Ghent Altarpiece — Hubert and Jan van Eyck · Northern Renaissance · Ghent
1420–1436 Dome of Florence Cathedral — Filippo Brunelleschi · Italian Renaissance · Florence
c. 1450 Ollantaytambo · Inca Architecture · Sacred Valley, Peru
c. 1468–1485 Haft Awrang (Seven Thrones) — Jami · Herat
c. 1470 Chenghua chicken cup · Ming and Qing Porcelain · Jingdezhen