The Solstice Park is an archaeological site located in Calçoene, a municipality 365 kilometers from Macapá, the capital of Amapá, composed of 127 granite blocks arranged in a circular pattern on top of a hill. Some of these blocks reach up to four meters in height and weigh about four tons. Known as the 'Amazonian Stonehenge' due to its similarities to the English prehistoric monument, the site holds secrets about the technology, relationship with celestial bodies, ceremonies, and funerary rituals of pre-colonial indigenous peoples of the Amazon.
The site was discovered two decades ago, and since then, many of its mysteries have been uncovered, but not all. The area belonged to a farm that was expropriated by the government.
In 2024, through the new Growth Acceleration Program (PAC) from the federal government, the proposal to transform the site into a structured park for tourist visitation and research was approved. The project was delivered to the State Secretariat for Infrastructure of Amapá, which will be responsible for raising funds to carry out the construction.
