🏛️ Tiwanaku

Bolivia · Americas · Cultural · 16.55°S, 68.67°W

Tiwanaku is a Pre-Columbian archaeological site in western Bolivia, near Lake Titicaca, about 70 kilometers from La Paz, and it is one of the largest sites in South America. It is just north of another ancient building site, Qhunqhu Wankani. Surface remains currently cover around 4 square kilometers and include decorated ceramics, monumental structures, and megalithic blocks. It has been conservatively estimated that the site was inhabited by 10,000 to 20,000 people in AD 800.

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Quick facts

Country	Bolivia
Continent / region	Americas
List type	🏛️ Cultural heritage site
Coordinates (approx.)	16.55°S, 68.67°W · view on map

Tiwanaku is a cultural World Heritage site in Bolivia, in Americas. For the living forecast of the area, open World Weather; the details of why Tiwanaku was inscribed are described by the sourced introduction above (from Wikipedia).

More sites in Bolivia

City of Potosí · City of Sucre · Jesuit Missions of the Chiquitos · Sajama National Park.

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