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Pucara Salitre Ruins

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Pucara Salitre Ruins

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Pucara Salitre Ruins

Name: Pucara Salitre Ruins
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Location: Machachi, Pichincha, Ecuador

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1. Pucara Salitre Ruins – Hidden Highland Lagoon loop from Santa Rosa de los Molinos

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2. Limpiopungo Lagoon – Hidden Highland Lagoon loop from Santa Rosa de los Molinos

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3. Limpiopungo Lagoon – Pucara Salitre Ruins loop from Boliche

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May 30, 2023

The only information on site is a small sign near the grassy parking lot named Pucara Salitre. nothing else. To the untrained eye it was easy to see that this location was chosen for its strategic value. Most of the exposed site is built high on the hill to enjoy the views all around. A small building is lower with less view and has a partly built modern roof. We thought the whole building might be modern, an example of what the buildings might have looked like on the less surviving buildings on the hill, but photos online show this building as an Incan construction and as a defensive structure. Unfortunately, the ruins of the modern roof detract from the site and do little to preserve the ruins themselves.

There are clearly two levels on the hill, one a defensive wall around the structure and the second a wall that contained many smaller buildings. Today it seems clear that there were entrances to the north and south, although no lintels or doors remain, only openings in the remaining low walls that are there.

Source: notyouraverageamerican.com/inca-ruins-cotopaxi-national-park

The best way is to walk the few meters from the street.
It's not really a lot to watch... but the view...

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Elevation 3,760 m

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Monday 19 January

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Pucara Salitre Ruins

1. Pucara Salitre Ruins – Hidden Highland Lagoon loop from Santa Rosa de los Molinos

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