Tiwanaku
The Altiplano Megaliths
Gateway town: La Paz
Portrait
Tiwanaku was the centre of an Andean state for six centuries before the Inca, and its andesite blocks are cut with interior channels and I-shaped clamps to a tolerance that has kept engineers arguing. The Gateway of the Sun stands from a single stone; come with the altitude respected, and see the Puma Punku field where the finest cutting is.
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