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La Paz
Templete Semi-Subterraneo
Opening time: Open 24hr
Price: Free
You can find Tiwanaku sculptures on display outside the National Stadium over in the district of Miraflores, in a sunken open-air museum known as the Templete Semi-Subterraneo. The Templete is based on the identically named structure at Tiwanaku, and the sculptures here include the Bennett monolith, a seven-metre-high statue whose intricate carvings have been interpreted as a Tiwanaku solar and lunar calendar more exact than our own. Sadly, air pollution is taking its toll on the statues and the busy traffic intersection is hardly ideal for contemplation. Unless you really don't have time to make it to Tiwanaku itself it's scarcely worth the trouble.