THE GALLOWING OF THE INCA

Also called “the earth” also called “the world”., is located at 500 meters south of the town of Copacabana, on Kesanani hill. A lithic monument, enigmatic of pre-Columbian antiquity, and incorrectly named “Horca del Inca”, by the Spanish, since they did not understand the meaning of this monument, the closest denomination, already mentioned Pachataqa or “place where time is measured”. Named like this, because it is an astronomical observatory, with all the elements that allowed the solstices to be verified, and equinoxes. According to archaeological verifications, it would have an antiquity dating back to the year 1.764 a. dec.

Time, It is a set carved in rock, comprising two independent vertical blocks, the oldest measures 6 metros, and a single stone, like a crossbar.

Belén Condarco
UMSA Tourism major student