Isla del Sol (Island of the Sun) is an island in the southern part of Lake
Titicaca. It is part of the modern Plurinational State of Bolivia.
Geographically, the terrain is harsh; it is a rocky, hilly island. There are no
motor vehicles or paved roads on the island. The main economic activity of the
approximately 800 families on the island is farming, with fishing and tourism
augmenting the subsistence economy. Of the several villages, Yumani and
Cha'llapampa are the largest.
There are over 80 ruins on the island. Most of these date to the Inca period
circa the 15h century AD. Archaeologists have discovered evidence that people
lived on the island as far back as the third millennium BCE. Many hills on the
island contain agricultural terraces, which adapt steep and rocky terrain to
agriculture. Among the ruins on the island are the Sacred Rock, a labyrinth-like
building called Chicana, Kasa Pata, and Pilco Kaima. In the religion of the
Incas, it was believed that the sun god was born here.
The Aymara name for the island is Titi'kaka. It is not known what was the
original meaning of this word. Some linguists and archaeologists believe the
name to be a corruption of Titi (puma) and Kala (rock). In the 1612 Aymara-Spanish
dictionary of Ludovico Bertonio, the phrase Tahksi kala is listed as "piedra
fundamental" or "foundation stone" possibly alluding to the origin story of the
Inca that the Sun and Moon were born in the lake. (Source:
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Isla del Sol |
Isla del Sol - Manco Capac |
Sacred Fountain |
Isla del Sol - Sacred Rock
Inca Temple |
Isla del Sol - Sacred Rock
Inca Temple |
Isla del Sol - Sacred Rock
Inca Temple |
Isla del Sol - Sacred Rock
Inca Temple |
Isla del Sol - Sacred Rock
Inca Temple |
Isla del Sol - Sacred Rock
Inca Temple |
Track of the footstep of the God Sun |
Isla del Sol |
Inca Trail |
Isla del Sol - Challapampa |
Isla del Sol - Challapampa |
Isla del Sol - Challapampa |
Isla del Sol - Challapampa |
Isla del Sol - Challapampa |
Isla del Sol - Challapampa |
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