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Pachataka (also spelled Pachataca or Pachat'aqa), commonly known as the Inca Gallows, is an archaeological site in
Bolivia Bolivia, officially the Plurinational State of Bolivia, is a landlocked country located in central South America. The country features diverse geography, including vast Amazonian plains, tropical lowlands, mountains, the Gran Chaco Province, w ...
, located near
Lake Titicaca Lake Titicaca (; ; ) is a large freshwater lake in the Andes mountains on the border of Bolivia and Peru. It is often called the highest navigable lake in the world. Titicaca is the largest lake in South America, both in terms of the volume of ...
in the municipality of Copacabana,
Manco Kapac Province Manco Kapac is a province in the Bolivian department of La Paz. Its capital is Copacabana. Subdivision Manco Kapac Province is divided into three municipalities which are partly further subdivided into cantons. Places of interest * Chink ...
, within the La Paz Department. ''Pachataka'' is a pre-Inca astronomical observatory formed by a lintel made of two parallel stone blocks. It was used to determine the seasons, track lunar movements, and predict eclipses. It is located at the summit of Mount Kesanani, approximately 600 meters south of the town of Copacabana. In the Aymara language, “Pachataka” means “the place where time is measured.” The Spanish mistakenly named it the "Inca Gallows." According to mathematical and astronomical calculations conducted by the Institute of Cosmic Physics of Bolivia, the observatory dates approximately to 1764 B.C., during the era of the
Chiripa culture The Chiripa culture existed between the Cultural periods of Peru, Initial Period/Early Horizon, from 1400 to 100 BCE along the southern shore of Lake Titicaca in Bolivia. Architecture The site of Chiripa consists of a large mound platform that ...
. File:Copacabana Bolivia desde la Horca del Inca.jpg, Copacabana and Lake Titicaca as seen from Pachat'aqa


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Chinkana Chinkana ( Quechua for labyrinth)Academía Mayor de la Lengua Quechua, Quechua-Spanish dictionary, Cusco, Peru, 2005 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary) is an archaeological site in Bolivia situated on the Isla del Sol Isla del Sol (Spanish language, S ...
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Iñaq Uyu Iñaq Uyu ( Aymara, ''iñaqa'' a woman of noble caste of the Incas, ''uyu'' pen (enclosure), yard, cemetery, "pen of the ''iñaqa'', the woman of the noble caste of the Incas", other spellings ''Iñac Uyu, Iñac Uyo, Iñakuyu, Iñak Uyu, Iñak ...
* Pilkokaina * Copacabana *
Isla del Sol Isla del Sol (Spanish language, Spanish for "Island of the Sun") is an island in the southern part of Lake Titicaca. It is part of Bolivia, and specifically part of the La Paz Department (Bolivia), La Paz Department. Geographically, the terrain is ...


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