Bolivia-62 - Kalasasaya by archer10 (Dennis) 201M Views
Kalasasaya (Kala = stone and sasaya = standing) the standing stones is the main feature of the Main Temple of Tiwanaku. It is made of impressive walls with huge monolithic columns of andesite or sandstone (many over 150 tons), and different sized stones between them. It is considered to be a huge calendar or astronomic observatory to determine season changes (solstices and equinoxes). Tiwanaku, Bolivia
Kalasasaya is a tourist attraction, one of the Monuments and memorials in Comunidad Khasa Achuta, Bolivia. It is located: 2.7 km from Tiahuanaco, 169 km from La Paz, 850 km from Cochabamba. Read further
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