San Agustin Archaeological Park, Colombia
From series “Famous Unesco Sites in South America”
Colombia can boast the world famous archeological park of San Agustin. It is visited not only by researchers from around the world, but by curious travelers too. Here, archaeologists have discovered the largest group of religious monuments in South America. Today everyone can see it. The sculptures found during excavations in the park are called chinas. As the researchers found out, items were made of volcanic rock. Numerous sculptures depict people dressed in various traditional clothing.
Sculptures vary not only in appearance, but also in size. The height of some items is only a few tens of centimeters, and the height of the largest reaches seven meters, while the weight is several tons. In total, during the study, more than 500 statues have been found in the park. Some of the sculptures depicted ancient deities and animals. The pathfinder of the surprising archaeological area was a monk Fray Juan de Santa Gertrudis, who accidentally discovered the first statue in a cave in 1794.
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