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• San Pedro de Atacama

  San Pedro de Atacama è un comune del Cile di 3.899 abitanti, situato nella Provincia di El Loa, nella Regione di Antofagasta. La particolarità del paese è il materiale con cui sono costruite le abitazioni, soprattutto quelle del centro storico, ossia con mattoni adobe. Poco sotto la vetta del Cerro Chajnantor (5.640 m), situato circa 40 km a est di San Pedro de Atacama e raggiungibile in automobile, è prevista la costruzione del Cerro Chajnantor Atacama Telescope da parte di un consorzio formato da università degli Stati Uniti, del Canada e della Germania. L'inizio dei lavori era previsto nel 2015.

• R. P. Gustavo Le Paige Archaeological Museum

  R. P. Gustavo Le Paige Archaeological Museum is a museum located in San Pedro de Atacama, Chile. It houses a collection of about 380,000 pre-Columbian artifacts from the Atacameño culture. The museum is named after Jesuit missionary Father Gustavo Le Paige, who was its founder. This museum belongs to the Catholic University of the North. It closed in September 2015 for refurbishment and redevelopment and reopened in late 2016.

• Church of San Pedro de Atacama

  The Church of San Pedro de Atacama (Iglesia San Pedro de Atacama) is a Catholic church in San Pedro de Atacama, Chile. Constructed during the Spanish colonial period, it is reportedly the second oldest church in Chile. Indigenous adobe material was used in the church's construction, whose appearance is characterized as simple and elegant. The church was built in the seventeenth century, underwent modifications in the eighteenth century, and additions were made in the nineteenth century. The church was declared a historical monument in 1951.

• Pukará de Quitor

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

• San Pedro de Atacama Airport

  San Pedro de Atacama Airport (Spanish: Aeropuerto de San Pedro de Atacama) (ICAO: SCPE) is a high elevation airport serving San Pedro de Atacama, a town in the Antofagasta Region of Chile. The airport is 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) east of the town.

• Tulor

  Tulor is an archaeological site located in the Norte Grande natural region of the Antofagasta Region, Chile near San Pedro de Atacama. The site is a former village complex with an area of 5,200 m2 (55,972 sq ft) and 22 outlying edifices. The settlement's remains are distributed in an east-west fashion along 2 km (1 mi). Radiocarbon and thermoluminescence dating date the origin of the settlement sometime between 380 BCE and 200 CE, but most structures are from the period 800 CE - 1200 CE. Architectural characteristics of Tulor are circular walls are made of mud and vaults. In 1998, the World Monuments Fund, an international non-profit organization, listed Tulor in the 1998 World Monuments Watch List of 100 Most Endangered Sites. After little was done to protect it, the site was re-listed in 2006. Tulor discoveries consist of many items from boreholes to human remains. Boreholes are the circular walls made out of clay, dug into the earth to find water. In June 1974 archaeologists put the boreholes in order of stratigraphy so they can find out more about how the population disappeared that was once there. The stratigraphy helped in finding out why the population disappeared, which was not due by climatic changes but to an increase in drought. On site they found lithic, human bones, animal bones, ceramic, carbon, and seashells buried in the ground. All these artifacts are considered to be from the Mesolithic era.