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Parque Arqueológico de Monquirá - El Infiernito |
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| The Infiernito is a solar observatory nearly 4,000 years in existence, created by the pre-Colombian people of the Muisca tribe who inhabited the region centuries ago | ||
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| The official name is Parque Arqueológico de Monquirá, but everyone calls it El Infiernito. This Muisca site was an astronomical center—and, according to archaeologists, a bit more. They state the Muisca (1000-1550 A.D.) believed when the sun cast no shadow of observatory’s twin lines of 36 stones each, then it was busy fertilizing the earth. Planting would begin. At this time, too, the women would be fertile, and perform rituals amongst the forest of phallic statues, hugging and caressing them to ensure pregnancy. Due east of this is Laguna de Iguaque, the birthplace of humans, according to Muisca mythology. Recent excavations have revealed a tomb and a 4,000-year-old proto-Muisca altar. | ||
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| El Infiernito (Spanish for "Little hell"), is a pre-Columbian Muisca site located at the outskirts of Villa de Leyva, Boyacá Department, Colombia. It is composed of several earthworks surrounding a setting of menhirs (upright standing stones); several burial mounds are also present. The site was a center of religious ceremonies and spiritual purification rites, and also served as a rudimentary astronomical observatory | ||
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| The lithic pieces are carved in pink sandstone, many of them in phallic shapes. A total of 109 monoliths have been excavated to date: 54 in the north stone row and 55 in the south. | ||
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| The high, phallic statues were - and still are - symbols of fertility and power. | ||
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