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El Fuerte de Samaipata or Fort Samaipata, also known simply as "El Fuerte", is a Pre-Columbian archaeological site and UNESCO World Heritage Site located in Florida Province, Santa Cruz Department, Bolivia. [1] It is situated in the eastern foothills of the Bolivian Andes and is a popular tourist destination for Bolivians and foreigners alike.
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Santa Cruz: 1998 883; ii, iii (cultural) The archaeological site comprises the remains of an Incan and pre-Incan town and a large monolithic sandstone formation above the settlement with numerous stone carvings. The first traces of human presence date to around the year 300. The carvings were interpreted to have ceremonial and ritual significance.
The six World Heritage Site settlements are located in the hot and semiarid lowlands of the Santa Cruz Department of eastern Bolivia.They lie in an area near the Gran Chaco, east and northeast of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, between the Paraguay and Guapay rivers.
Mines in Santa Cruz Department (Bolivia) (1 P) Pages in category "Buildings and structures in Santa Cruz Department (Bolivia)" The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 total.
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It is located in the east of the Santa Cruz Department of Bolivia. At 2,918,500 hectares, it spans the provinces of Ángel Sandoval, Germán Busch, Chiquitos and Velasco, in the municipalities of San Matías, Puerto Suárez, Puerto Quijarro, San José de Chiquitos and San Rafael. It borders Brazil to the east.
Tiquipaya is 47 kilometers by road southwest of Santa Cruz, the capital of the area. The paved highway Ruta leads from the center of Santa Cruz leads in four-lanes, called Grigota Avenue, in a southwesterly direction through the towns of El Carmen, La Guardia and El Torno to Limoncito, and closer to La Angostura, Samaipata and Comarapa to Cochabamba.