Iskanwaya
Sign in to saveIskanwaya 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.
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Vinony files it under Archaeological sites in Bolivia, Buildings and structures in La Paz Department (Bolivia) and Former populated places in Bolivia.
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- archaeological site
- Country
- Bolivia
- Located in
- Bolivia
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- Vista panorámica de las Ruinas de Iskanwaya.jpg
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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.
== Location == The sacred site of Iskanwaya is found on the edge of the Cordillera Real, 250 m above the River Llica canyon and 1,672 meters above sea level. The site is located near Aucapata, a small town in the Muñecas Province, on the northern side of the Andean cordilleras.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Iskanwaya” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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