Indigenous sacred sites in Huila, Colombia

San Agustín Archaeological Park

Huila, Huila, Colombia

In the Colombian highlands where the Andes split and the Magdalena River begins, a civilization whose own name is lost created the largest collection of megalithic...

San Augustin Terrace A

Part of San Agustín Archaeological Park

Huila, Huila, Colombia

Mesita A is among the first places the San Agustin people chose to bury their important dead, approximately 2,300 years ago....

San Augustin Terrace B

Part of San Agustín Archaeological Park

Huila, Huila, Colombia

Mesita B is where the San Agustin culture speaks most fluently. Three burial mounds, approximately one hundred and six tombs, and sixty-three statues constitute the most...

San Augustin Terrace C

Part of San Agustín Archaeological Park

Huila, Huila, Colombia

Where Mesitas A and B communicate through monumental guardians and cosmic programs, Mesita C speaks through intimacy....

The Archaeological Park of Alto de las Piedras

Huila, Huila, Colombia

On a hilltop in the Colombian highlands, eleven monumental statues and painted burial chambers preserve the San Agustin culture's understanding of death as transformation....

The Archaeological Park of Alto de los Ídolos

Huila, Huila, Colombia

The San Agustin people found a horseshoe-shaped hill near Isnos and remade it. They leveled the summit, terraced the slopes, and filled the resulting platform with seven...