Tiwanaku: Spiritual and Political Centre of the Tiwanaku Culture World Heritage Site

Official name

Tiwanaku: Spiritual and Political Centre of the Tiwanaku Culture | UNESCO

Country

Bolivia | Map

Continent

South America

Location

Province of Ingavi, Department of La Paz
-16.5550° Lat, -68.6732° Lon | Map

Code

567

Time Zone

America/La_Paz (-04, -0400)

Current Time

Category

Cultural

Description

Inscribed 2000. The city of Tiwanaku, capital of a powerful pre-Hispanic empire that dominated a large area of the southern Andes and beyond, reached its apogee between 500 and 900 AD. Its monumental remains testify to the cultural and political significance of this civilisation, which is distinct from any of the other pre-Hispanic empires of the Americas.