Editing Lake Titicaca (section)

===Isla de la Luna===
[[File:Isladelaluna.jpg|thumb|Isla de la Luna and Cordillera Real]]

[[Isla de la Luna]] is situated east from the bigger Isla del Sol. Both islands belong to the La Paz Department of Bolivia. According to legends that refer to [[Inca mythology]] Isla de la Luna (Spanish for "island of the moon") is where [[Viracocha]] commanded the rising of the moon. Ruins of a supposed Inca nunnery (Mamakuna) occupy the eastern shore.<ref>Bolivia, Lonely Planet 2007, {{ISBN|1-74104-557-6}}</ref>

Archaeological excavations<ref>Bauer, Brian and Charles Stanish 2001 ''Ritual and Pilgrimage in the Ancient Andes'' University of Texas press, Austin</ref> indicate that the [[Tiwanaku]] peoples (around 650–1000 AD) built a major temple on the Island of the Moon. Pottery vessels of local dignitaries dating from this period have been excavated on islands in Lake Titicaca. Two of them were found in the 19th century and are now in the [[British Museum]] in London.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/search.aspx?searchText=Tiahuanaco+Titicaca+earthenware |title=Collection search: You searched for Tiahuanaco Titicaca earthenware |website=British Museum |access-date=2017-06-15 |archive-date=2015-09-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924165231/http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/search.aspx?searchText=Tiahuanaco+Titicaca+earthenware |url-status=live }}</ref> The structures seen on the island today were built by the Inca (''circa'' 1450–1532) directly over the earlier Tiwanaku ones.