Sun Gate

The Gate of the Sun, also known as the Gateway of the Sun, is a monolithic gateway at the site of Tiahuanaco, built by the culture, an Andean civilization of that thrived around in the of western around AD 500–950.
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  • Tourist attraction
  • …lies at an elevation of 3,860 metres (12,664 feet)
  • …is also known as “Gate of the Sun”
  • Description: megalithic solid stone arch or gateway constructed by the ancient Tiwanaku culture of Peru and Bolivia

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Tiwanaku and Kalasasaya.
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is an artificial platform mound at the… is situated 240 metres southeast of Sun Gate.
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Latitude
-16.55442° or 16° 33′ 16″ south
Longitude
-68.67394° or 68° 40′ 26″ west
Open location code
57MHC8WG+6C
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Sun Gate” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “بوابة الشمس”
  • Belarusian: “Вароты Сонца”
  • Catalan: “Porta del Sol”
  • Chinese: “太阳门”
  • Chinese: “太陽門”
  • Czech: “Sluneční brána”
  • French: “Porte du Soleil”
  • Hungarian: “Nap kapuja”
  • Japanese: “太陽の門”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Pòrta deu Só”
  • Persian: “دروازه خورشید”
  • Polish: “Brama Słońca”
  • Portuguese: “Porta do Sol”
  • Romanian: “Poarta Soarelui”
  • Russian: “Врата солнца”
  • Spanish: “La puerta del sol es una simbologia cultural”
  • Spanish: “Portada del Sol”
  • Spanish: “Puerta del Sol”
  • Ukrainian: “Ворота сонця”
  • Vietnamese: “Cổng Mặt Trời”

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