San Agustín

Pre-Columbian steles in San Augustin (Colombia): grimaces with pointed teeth and magnificent headdresses

San Augustín
San Augustín

San Augustin is in the south of Colombia, in a green mountain landscape. There are hundreds of pre-Columbian stelae, which were created between the 1st and 8th centuries AD: metre-sized violent-looking figures, grimaces with pointed teeth and ostentatious headdresses.

Paramo in the Puracé National Park
Paramo in the Puracé National Park

Nearby is the Puracé volcano. A little below, we walk through the Paramo landscape covered with strange plants and visit the geothermal field Termales de San Juan.


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