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Bolivia-37 - 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
The Temple of Kalasasaya (kala for stone; saya or sayasta for standing up) or Temple of Stopped Stones is in major archaeological site of pre-Columbian civilization of Tiwanaku and UNESCO World Heritage Site situated in Tiwanaku, Bolivia. Read further
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