National Archeological Park of Tierradentro World Heritage Site

Official name: National Archeological Park of Tierradentro | UNESCO
Country: Colombia | Map
Continent: South America
Location: Department of Cauca, in the jurisdiction of the municipality of Inza, in the “corregimiento” of San Andres de Pisimbalá
2.5833° Lat, -76.3330° Lon | Map
Code: 743
Time Zone: America/Bogota (-05, -0500)
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Category: Cultural
Description: Inscribed 1995. Several monumental statues of human figures can be seen in the park, which also contains many hypogea dating from the 6th to the 10th century. These huge underground tombs (some burial chambers are up to 12 m wide) are decorated with motifs that reproduce the internal decor of homes of the period. They reveal the social complexity and cultural wealth of a pre-Hispanic society in the northern Andes.