UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Latin America / BOTIW008BW
BOLIVIA: Tiwanaku, the Spiritual and
Political Centre of the Tiwanaku Culture
Brief Description:
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 A.D. 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.
