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Multi-periodSite Name: Candelabra Alternative Name: Candelabra de los AndesCountry: Peru Type: Hill Figure or Geoglyph
Nearest Town: Paracas
Latitude: 13.794518S Longitude: 76.30861W
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
0 | no data |
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MartinJEley visited on 20th Apr 2016 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 The Candelabra is viewed by boat, in our case during a trip to the nearby Ballestas Islands. It certainly looks to me like a representation of the Southern Cross Constellation?
ModernExplorers visited on 24th Sep 2003 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 1 Mysterious petroglyph/geoglyph on the coast, you can only see it from a boat.
Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 3.5 Ambience: 3.5
According to local tradition the geoglyph was connected with cult of Viracocha. The hill figure is made of 0,5 m deep lines supported with stones and is visible from several miles, also from the sea.
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