Tiwanaku (Spanish: Tiahuanaco and Tiahuanacu) is an important Pre-Columbian
archaeological site in western Bolivia, South America. Tiwanaku is recognized by
Andean scholars as one of the most important precursors to the Inca Empire,
flourishing as the ritual and administrative capital of a major state power for
approximately five hundred years. The ruins of the ancient city state are near
the south-eastern shore of Lake Titicaca in the La Paz Department, Ingavi
Province, Tiwanaku Municipality. The site
was first recorded in written history by Spanish conquistador and self-acclaimed
“first chronicler of the Indies” Pedro Cieza de León. Leon stumbled upon the
remains of Tiwanaku in 1549 while searching for the Inca capital Collasuyu. Some
have hypothesized that Tiwanaku's modern name is related to the Aymara term
taypiqala, meaning "stone in the center", alluding to the belief that it lay at
the center of the world. However, the name by which Tiwanaku was known to its
inhabitants may have been lost, as the people of Tiwanaku had no written
language (Source:
Wikipedia)
Distance from La Paz: 72 Km |
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Tiahuanaco
Gate of the Sun |
Tiahuanaco
Gate of the Sun |
Tiahuanaco
Gate of the Sun |
Tiahuanaco
Ponce Stela |
Tiahuanaco
Gate of the Sun - detail |
Tiahuanaco |
Tiahuanaco
Temple of Kalasasaya |
Tiahuanaco
Temple of Kalasasaya |
Tiahuanaco
Temple of Kalasasaya |
Tiahuanaco
Temple of Kalasasaya |
Tiahuanaco
Temple of Kalasasaya |
Tiahuanaco
Temple of Kalasasaya |
Tiahuanaco
Temple of Kalasasaya |
Tiahuanaco
Temple of Kalasasaya |
Tiahuanaco
Temple of Kalasasaya |
Tiahuanaco
Semi-subterranean Temple |
Tiahuanaco
Semi-subterranean Temple |
Tiahuanaco
Semi-subterranean Temple |
Tiahuanaco
Semi-subterranean Temple |
Tiahuanaco |
Tiahuanaco |
Tiahuanaco
Akapana Pyramid |
Tiahuanaco |
Tiahuanaco
Akapana Pyramid |
Tiahuanaco
Akapana Pyramid |
Tiahuanaco
Pumapunku Pyramid |
Tiahuanaco Town |
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Our
gratitude to
Transturin that allowed us
to
obtain these photos |
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