Pukara de Quitor

Forteresse atacamana - Atacamana Fortress. Les Atacamanos etaient un peuple qui existait depuis 2500 ans et avaient leur forteresse dans les montagnes quand les Incas les ont envahis an 1450. Ils vecurent ensemble relativement bien jusqu´a ce que les Espagnols arrivassent et envahirent Quitor en 1536. The Atacaman people lived there for 2500 years until the Incas invaded them in 1450. They co-lived together until the Spanish invaded them in 1536.

San Pedro de Atacama

May 20th 2008
Dimanche soir, en route (de nuit) pour Antofagasta d´ou on a pris un bus le lendemain midi pour San Pedro de Atacama. 18 heures de trajet plus tard (dans un car tout confort - excellent), nous voila arrives a San Pedro, petite ville de 1900 habitants, perdue au milieu du desert d´Atacama, un des deserts les plus arides et secs du monde. La ville en elle meme est tres jolie et malgre l´influen ... read more

South America » Chile » Atacama

Prior to the coming of the Spanish in the 16th century, northern Chile was under Inca rule while Araucanian Indians inhabited central and southern Chile; the latter were not completely subjugated until the early 1880s. Although Chile declared its ind... ... read more

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