Sillustani is located 34 kilometers northwest of the city of Puno, on the beach beautiful lagoon Umayo, in Peru. It is one of many areas in the region where Puno ancient burial towers called chullpas were found.
Grave cemetery Chullpas height built out of stone and clay, usually 2 to 4 meters high, but some can reach up to 12 meters. These stones were built during the 13th century and the 14th by the people of the kingdom Aymara, ages settlements in Bolivia, he Altiplano before the Incas, despite construction similarities raised in Bolivia, Peru and northern Chile during the period of Inca. Archaeologists believe that this structure is copied by the Incas after they occupied their territory.
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