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  2. Mesoamerican architecture - Wikipedia

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    Overview of the central plaza of the Maya city of Palenque (Chiapas, Mexico), an example of Classic period Mesoamerican architecture. Mesoamerican architecture is the set of architectural traditions produced by pre-Columbian cultures and civilizations of Mesoamerica, traditions which are best known in the form of public, ceremonial and urban monumental buildings and structures.

  3. Inca architecture - Wikipedia

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    Inca architecture is the most significant pre-Columbian architecture in South America. The Incas inherited an architectural legacy from Tiwanaku, founded in the 2nd century B.C.E. in present-day Bolivia. A core characteristic of the architectural style was to use the topography and existing materials of the land as part of the design. [1]

  4. List of World Heritage Sites in South America - Wikipedia

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    Until the middle of the 18th century, it was the most important city in Spanish South America. The architecture and decoration combine the style of both the local population and Europe, such as in the Monastery of San Francisco, which was the site's original listing in 1988, before it was extended in 1991. [36] [37]

  5. List of oldest buildings in the Americas - Wikipedia

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    Oldest military construction of European origin on the American mainland. [32] Iglesia de San Francisco: Bogotá Colombia: 1557–1566 Church: Oldest extant building in Colombia. [33] Castle de la Real Fuerza: Havana Cuba: 1558–1577 Fortification: It is considered to be the oldest stone fort in the Americas. Metropolitan Cathedral of Sucre ...

  6. Mesoamerican pyramids - Wikipedia

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    Mesoamerican pyramids form a prominent part of ancient Mesoamerican architecture. Although similar in some ways to Egyptian pyramids , these New World structures have flat tops (many with temples on the top) and stairs ascending their faces, more similar to ancient Mesopotamian Ziggurats .

  7. Tiwanaku - Wikipedia

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    Tiwanaku (Spanish: Tiahuanaco or Tiahuanacu) is a Pre-Columbian archaeological site in western Bolivia, near Lake Titicaca, about 70 kilometers from La Paz, and it is one of the largest sites in South America. Surface remains currently cover around 4 square kilometers and include decorated ceramics, monumental structures, and megalithic blocks.

  8. List of pre-Columbian cultures - Wikipedia

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    Only a few documents were hidden and thus remain today, leaving modern historians with glimpses of ancient culture and knowledge. From both indigenous American and European accounts and documents, American civilizations at the time of European encounter possessed many impressive attributes, having populous cities, and having developed theories ...

  9. Pre-Columbian era - Wikipedia

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    In the history of the Americas, the pre-Columbian era, also known as the pre-contact era, or as the pre-Cabraline era specifically in Brazil, spans from the initial peopling of the Americas in the Upper Paleolithic to the onset of European colonization, which began with Christopher Columbus's voyage in 1492.