Pukará de Quitor

Part of the complex as seen from the inside. source ↗

Pukará de Quitor (also spelled Pucará de Quitor) (Quechua pukara fortress)¹ 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.

References

Teofilo Laime Ajacopa (2007). Diccionario Bilingüe: Iskay simipi yuyayk’anch: Quechua – Castellano / Castellano – Quechua (PDF). La Paz, Bolivia: futatraw.ourproject.org.

(in Spanish) Pukará de Quitor

22°53′27″S 68°12′52″W / 22.8908333433°S 68.2144444544°W / -22.8908333433; -68.2144444544

[1] Teofilo Laime Ajacopa (2007). Diccionario Bilingüe: Iskay simipi yuyayk’anch: Quechua – Castellano / Castellano – Quechua (PDF). La Paz, Bolivia: futatraw.ourproject.org.

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