It is the sunrise on the first day of spring and the sun is coming up exactly through the center of the archway. As the sun rises each day it moves along the horizon to a different spot. To measure this movement the creators of the gateway envisioned it as a giant clock.
Walking The Incas Road
Drawings,Prints, Video, Travel PerformanceI’m in the ancient city of Tiahuanaco, in the Bolivian Andes, at 13,000 feet above sea level. I’m facing the Gateway of the Sun, a ten foot high arch carved from one single piece of Andesite granite.
