Samaipata, UNESCO World Heritage Site in Bolivia

The El Fuerte de Samaipata or Fort Samaipata, is a Pre-Columbian archaeological site and UNESCO World Heritage Site. The site of Samaipata was occupied as a ritual and residential area about 300 CE by the Chané when they began shaping the great rock that is the ceremonial center of the ruin. Due to damage caused by visitors walking on the symbols cut into the rock and by erosion caused by water, the inner area is cordoned off to prevent more damage.