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Emilio Villanueva

Emilio Villanueva Peñaranda (28 November 1882 in La Paz, Bolivia – 14 Mai 1970 in La Paz, Bolivia) was a revolutionary Bolivian architect.


Neo-Tiwanakan architecture

The Neo-Tiwanakan or Pseudo-Tiwanakan architecture is a style developed by the architect Emilio Villanueva Peñaranda between the years 1930 and 1948 inspired in the designs of the Pre-Columbian archeological site of Tiwanaku in Bolivia.


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Neo-Tiwanakan architecture

The architect Emilio Villanueva popularized the Neo-Tiwanakan architecture in the city of La Paz during the decade of the 1930s.