Monolith of the Frail
Monolith of the Frail is a stone in La Paz, Altiplano. Monolith of the Frail is situated nearby to the stone Monolito sin cabeza, as well as near Kalasasaya.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Pavel Špindler, CC BY 3.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Tiwanaku and Sun Gate.
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.
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.
Kalasasaya
Photo: Anakin, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Kalasasaya or Stopped Stones is a major archaeological structure that is part of Tiwanaku, an ancient archeological complex in the Andes of western Bolivia that is designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Monolith of the Frail
- Type: Stone
- Also known as: “Monolito del Fraile”
- Categories: monolith, historic site, and landform
- Location: La Paz, Altiplano, Bolivia, South America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-16.55525° or 16° 33′ 19″ southLongitude
-68.67391° or 68° 40′ 26″ westOpen location code
57MHC8VG+VCOpenStreetMap ID
node 877179922OpenStreetMap feature
historic=stoneWikidata ID
Q6021908
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Spanish—“Monolith of the Frail” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Monòlit Frare”
- German: “Fraile-Monolith”
- German: “Mönch-Monolith”
- Spanish: “Monolito Fraile”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Kalasasaya and Monolito sin cabeza.
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