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Pukará de Quitor
🇨🇱 Chile · 13th century
Pukará de Quitor (also spelled Pucará de Quitor) (Quechua pukara fortress) is a pre-Columbian archaeological site in northern Chile. This stone fortress is located 3 km (1.9 mi) northwest of the town of San Pedro de Atacama, overlooking the valley of the river San Pedro. It was designated a national monument in 1982.
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Pukará de Quitor ranks #2,618 of 7,738 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #1 of the 15 mapped in Chile. Founded 1300, it is older than 63% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 825 atlas entries founded in the 13th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 1,191 times in the last 60 days, more than 53% of the atlas. See how Chile compares in the castle statistics.
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Where is Pukará de Quitor?
Pukará de Quitor stands in Chile, at -22.89083°, -68.21444°.
When was Pukará de Quitor built?
The atlas dates its founding to 1300. Earlier structures may have stood on the site; this is the earliest documented founding year.
How famous is Pukará de Quitor?
In this atlas's fame ranking: #2,618 of 7,738 worldwide, and #1 in Chile. Fame here combines how many Wikipedia language editions cover a landmark with how many people read them.
What is the nearest castle to Pukará de Quitor?
Pucará de Tilcara, about 298 km away.
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