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<< Our Photo Pages >> La Fuente del Inca - Holy Well or Sacred Spring in Bolivia

Submitted by davidmorgan on Wednesday, 21 November 2012  Page Views: 3938

Springs and Holy WellsSite Name: La Fuente del Inca Alternative Name: Fountain of Eternal Youth, La Fuente de la Eterna Juventud
Country: Bolivia
NOTE: This site is 144.616 km away from the location you searched for.

Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Nearest Town: Copacabana  Nearest Village: Isla Del Sol
Latitude: 16.038575S  Longitude: 69.145724W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
4 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
5 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
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3 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
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La Fuente del Inca submitted by davidmorgan : The stairway leading up to the spring. November '94. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Holy Well or Sacred Spring in Bolivia

Three springs on Isla del Sol, the site of the Inca creation legend, fed from three different sources.

The three springs are called Purification, Life and Youth and each of the three has a different taste. It is said that drinking a sip from all three provides eternal youth. [Doesn't appear to have worked for me, but they certainly have different tastes].

There is a nice Inca stone stairway (La Escalera del Inca) leading up from the harbour to the springs.
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