Iskanwaya
Iskanwaya is a pre-Columbian sacred site, situated on a mountain ridge above the Llica River in Bolivia, 325 km north of La Paz. In its extension and its age Iskanwaya surpasses Machu Picchu in Peru, but it is less well preserved.Photo: Giovo95, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Iskanwaya
- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: archaeological site in Bolivia
- Categories: historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: La Paz, Altiplano, Bolivia, South America
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Latitude
-15.48683° or 15° 29′ 13″ southLongitude
-68.67557° or 68° 40′ 32″ westOpen location code
57PHG87F+7QOpenStreetMap ID
way 157901127OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteWikidata ID
Q1674009
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Spanish—“Iskanwaya” goes by many names.
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