Ica
Pisco Province
Paracas District

El Candelabro de Paraca

The Paracas Candelabra, also called the Candelabra of the Andes, or El Candelabro, is a well-known prehistoric geoglyph found on the northern face of the at Pisco Bay in .
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  • Opening hours: 24/7
  • Type: Geoglyph
  • Description: cultural heritage site in Peru
  • Also known as: “Candelabro”, “Candelabro de Paracas”, “El Candelabro de Paracas”, and “Paracas Candelabra”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Paracas.

Photo: World Wide Gifts, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a small town next door to a popular nature reserve that includes the on the of .

El Candelabro de Paraca

Latitude
-13.79454° or 13° 47′ 40″ south
Longitude
-76.3086° or 76° 18′ 31″ west
Open location code
57R56M4R+5H
Open­Street­Map ID
way 173837516
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
Open­Street­Map feature
man_made=­geoglyph
Wiki­data ID
Q2574847
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“El Candelabro de Paraca” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “كانديلابرا باراكاس”
  • Belarusian: “Андскі кандэлябр”
  • Bengali: “পারাকাস মোমবাতিদান”
  • Chinese: “帕拉卡斯燭台”
  • French: “Chandelier de Paracas”
  • German: “Candelabro de Paracas”
  • German: “Kandelaber von Paracas”
  • Greek: “Τρίαινα του Παράκας”
  • Hungarian: “Gyertyatartó”
  • Italian: “Candelabro di Paracas”
  • Japanese: “カンデラブロ”
  • Korean: “파라카스의 촛대”
  • Lithuanian: “Parakaso kandeliabras”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “El Candelabro”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Paracas candelabra”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Paracas candelabro”
  • Polish: “Kandelabr z Paracas”
  • Romanian: “Candelabrul din Paracas”
  • Russian: “Андский канделябр”
  • Russian: “Канделябр Паракаса”
  • Slovenian: “Paracaški svečnik”
  • Spanish: “Candelabro de Paracas”
  • Spanish: “El Candelabro de Paracas”
  • Spanish: “El Candelabro”
  • Spanish: “Tres cruces”
  • Spanish: “Tridente”
  • Thai: “เชิงเทียนปารากัส”
  • Ukrainian: “Андський канделябр”
  • Vietnamese: “Nến Paracas”

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Highlights include Candelabro and Punta Pejerrey.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “El Candelabro de Paraca”. Photo: Alex Zanuccoli, CC BY-SA 2.0.