Sillustani

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Chullpas in Sillustani

Sillustani is a burial site in the Atuncolla District , Puno Province , Peru . It is located on the Umayo peninsula of the lake of the same name at an altitude of 3,897 m. It consists of twelve tomb towers , some of which have collapsed , called chullpas .

Web links

Commons : Sillustani  - album with pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. Peru and Bolivia: Indian cultures, Inca ruins and baroque colonial splendor of the Andean states (in Google Books)

Coordinates: 15 ° 43 ′ 16 ″  S , 70 ° 9 ′ 30 ″  W