Taihuanacu
Taihuanacu is in La Paz, Altiplano and has an elevation of 3,860 metres. Taihuanacu is situated nearby to the railway station Estación Tiahuanacu, as well as near the marketplace Mercado de Artesanías.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Tiwanaku and Pumapunku.
Tiwanaku
Photo: Pipouchat, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Tiwanaku is an archaeological site and UNESCO World Heritage site in the La Paz Department of Bolivia.
Pumapunku
Photo: Brattarb, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Pumapunku or Puma Punku is a 6th-century T-shaped and strategically aligned man-made terraced platform mound with a sunken court and monumental structure on top, near Tiwanaku, La Paz, Bolivia. Pumapunku is situated 580 metres southwest of Taihuanacu.
Sun Gate
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The Gate of the Sun, also known as the Gateway of the Sun, is a monolithic gateway at the site of Tiahuanaco by the Tiwanaku culture, an Andean civilization of Bolivia that thrived around Lake Titicaca in the Andes of western South America around 500-950 AD. Sun Gate is situated 420 metres northeast of Taihuanacu.
Taihuanacu
- Type: Sign
- Categories: information and tourism
- Location: La Paz, Altiplano, Bolivia, South America
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Latitude
-16.55763° or 16° 33′ 28″ southLongitude
-68.67601° or 68° 40′ 34″ westElevation
3,860 metres (12,664 feet)Operator
FCAOpen location code
57MHC8RF+WHOpenStreetMap ID
node 4054022264OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=information
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