San Agustín Archaeological Park

Famous for one of the most beautiful historical sites in Colombia, in Huila, the San Agustin Archaeological Park houses hundreds of carved stone figures dating back thousands of years. These statues are excellent exhibits of the residents' inventiveness and artistry before they left in the eighth century.

The San Agustin Archaeological Park is located in the Colombian Massif of the southwestern Andes of Colombia, on the terrains of the towns of San Agustin and Isnos, in the department of Huila. The Archaeological Park is made up of three different properties totaling 116 ha: San Agustin (which includes the Mesita A, Mesita B, Mesita C, La Estación, Alto de Lavapatas, and Fuente de Lavapatas sites), Alto de los Dolos, and Alto de Las Piedras. The park is located in the heart of the San Agustin archaeological zone, which includes the world's largest pre-Columbian megalithic funerary monuments and statuary, as well as burial mounds, terraces, funerary structures, stone statuary, and the Fuente de Lavapatas site, a religious monument carved into the stone bed of a stream.

The sculptures, which were inscribed as a world heritage site in 1995, reveal religious, aesthetic, and technological components of this ancient culture.

Location: San Agustín, Huila, Colombia