By the Inca remains called Inak Uyu, the court of Women on the Isla de la Luna, the Island of the Moon on Lake Titicaca, Bolivia

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Lake Titicaca is situated on the Bolivian and Peru border at the northern end of the Altiplano. At an altitude of 3810 metres above sea level it is the highest navigable lake in the world. The lake measures some 190 kilometre by 80 kilometres The area around the lake is the heartland of the Aymara. The Lake was also the centre of Inca religious beliefs and remains of the Incas civilisation can be seen on the Isla de la Luna, the Island of the Moon. The remains are called Inak Uyu, the court of Women, they are believed to be a temple staffed solely by women to worship the moon.

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