Faces of the Desert

Pukará is the name given by Incas to building that acted as Forts, constructed by the atacameño’s culture to defend itself of other towns that inhabited South America. Pukara of Quitor dates from more than 700 years.

Built with liparita stones that climb a hill as a fortification with a perimeter defensive wall cover a surface of 6.18 acres. The ruins of the Pukara de Quitor are located in a bend of the gorge whose channel flows waters of the river San Pedro rio Grande.