37. The Caracol (“the snail”) or Observatory. The small loopholes on the walls of the observation chamber face the cardinal points. The observatory was dedicated (aligned) to the summer solstice. The tour guide, Victor, told me that the observatory at Monte Alban in Oaxaca was dedicated (aligned) to the star Aldea in Capricorn.

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