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Cerro de la Cruz (Tilcara)

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Cerro de la Cruz (Tilcara)

Cerro de la Cruz (Tilcara)

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This Highlight is in a protected area

Please check local regulations for: Quebrada de Humahuaca

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    March 16, 2024

    Very beautiful panorama of the Pucara de Tilcara site. Be careful of the climb, which is not always easy. Very beautiful 360 view. Paid access at discretion.

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      April 17, 2024

      The word Pukara is of Aymara and Qichwa origin. It means strength. The Pucará of the Tilcaras had a strategic location next to the confluence of the Huasamayo River and the Rio Grande. The ruins were discovered by the ethnographer Juan Bautista Ambrosetti, who began the recovery of the place in 1908.

      During the visit you will get a sense of how people lived in the city before the arrival of the Spanish. It is very interesting and worthwhile, not only for the history but also for the beauty. A curious fact is that the same signs that explain along the route indicate that serious errors were made in the excavations that destroyed parts of the archaeological site and altered its original shape. A shame.

      At the archaeological site there is also a High Botanical Garden. It is located at the entrance to the Pucará de Tilcara site, on the left. Specimens of the typical species of the flora of the Quebrada de Humahuaca and the Puna are cultivated and studied. They are all xerophilous plants (dry-lovers) and mainly cacti, that is... Lots of CACTI!

      Source: norte.com/tilcara

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