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Places in Colombia matching “Magdalena – Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta” · Mysteria

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Places in Colombia matching “Magdalena – Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta”

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🇨🇴 Colombia · Ancient city

Ciudad Perdida (Teyuna) (Magdalena – Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta)

Late Intermediate Tairona 700–1600 CE (Tairona peak 1000–1500) · Tairona (Tairona-Buritaca, ancestors of Kogi / Arhuaco / Wiwa indigenous groups)

Tairona capital city (700–1600 CE) of Sierra Nevada: 184 stone-terraced bases (circular 10 m rings), elevated paved staircases (1,200 steps climb), retaining walls, aqueduct and burial terraces…

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🇨🇴 Colombia · Buried city

Sierra Nevada — Pueblito Chengue–Buritaca Second Sector (Tayrona)

Late Intermediate to Contact (c.700 – 1603 CE) · Tayrona (Tairona)

Tayrona Buritaca ridge 380 m — 120 stone terraces with canals and causeway to Chengue fishery port, 700–1600 CE, coast-sierra twin to Teyuna.