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<< Our Photo Pages >> El Infiernito - Standing Stones in Colombia

Submitted by Andy B on Monday, 30 October 2023  Page Views: 8972

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: El Infiernito
Country: Colombia
NOTE: This site is 54.454 km away from the location you searched for.

Type: Standing Stones
Nearest Town: Villa de Leyva
Latitude: 5.647397N  Longitude: 73.558725W
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
3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
4 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
0No data.
4 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
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El Infiernito
El Infiernito submitted by Andy B : El Infiernito is composed of several earthworks surrounding a setting of upright standing stones, there are also several burial mounds. Image copyright: Christoph Schneider Site in Colombia (Vote or comment on this photo)
El Infiernito (Spanish for "Little hell"), is a pre-Columbian Muisca site. It is composed of several earthworks surrounding a setting of upright standing stones, several burial mounds are also present. The site was a center of religious ceremonies and spiritual purification rites, and also served as a rudimentary astronomical observatory.

The area was known by this name long before the discovery of the archaeological site. Spanish Conquistadors called it infiernito, or "little hell," because they thought it was diabolical and labeled it as a site of Pagan worship. The first description of the site was made in 1847 by the Colombian army geographer Joaquin Acosta, who reported 25 stone columns, half-buried in the Moniquira Valley. The findings were studied by Alexander von Humboldt who believed that the site could be used to anticipate astronomical phenomena such as solstices and equinoxes, as indicated by the alignment of the stones with the sun and moon.

The lithic pieces are carved in pink sandstone, many of them columns with an incised ring. A total of 109 monoliths have been excavated to date: 54 in the north stone row and 55 in the south. They are aligned in an east-west orientation, apparently representing the Muisca calendar, dividing the area in two main parts: the north sacred field (Infiernito N° 1) and the south sacred field (Infiernito N° 2).

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El Infiernito
El Infiernito submitted by Andy B : El Infiernito is composed of several earthworks surrounding a setting of upright standing stones, there are also several burial mounds. Image copyright: Christoph Schneider Site in Colombia (Vote or comment on this photo)

El Infiernito
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El Infiernito
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El Infiernito
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El Infiernito
El Infiernito submitted by Andy B

El Infiernito
El Infiernito submitted by Andy B

El Infiernito
El Infiernito submitted by Andy B

El Infiernito
El Infiernito submitted by Andy B

El Infiernito
El Infiernito submitted by Andy B

El Infiernito
El Infiernito submitted by Andy B

El Infiernito
El Infiernito submitted by Andy B

El Infiernito
El Infiernito submitted by Andy B

El Infiernito
El Infiernito submitted by Andy B

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