We walked 3km north of San Pedro to the 12th-century ruins of a fortress. Pukará de Quitor is a red-stone, pre-Incan settlement of the Atacameños (natives of this region) and was built during a period of war. It was taken over by the Incans and then the Spanish settlers. The ruins include defensive walls, terraces, living quarters and pens all connected by passageways.
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The old settlement of Pukará de Quitor |
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The stone walls of the ruins |
We also walked up a neighbouring hill in the Cordillera de la Sal (salt mountain range) to a
mirador overlooking the ruins, the village of San Pedro, the Valley of the Dead and the Plaza de Quitor.
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Rio San Pedro winding its way through Quitor |
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Salt deposits in the Valley of the Dead |
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View over the Atacama Desert |
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Us at the top of the hill |
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