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Azapa Valley, Chile
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This jewel of the north is a fertile and narrow oasis, whose frame composes two barren hills of little height. Located to three kilometers of Arica, it throughout produces the year a great variety of fruits and vegetables, in addition to always sanctioned olive of Azapa, famous by his violáceo color and bitter flavor. One of its more outstanding places is the Artisan town "Jose Raul Naranjo Meneses", an retort of the Andean town of Parinacota, the one that reunites to many craftsmen. Installed in the Hualles street, to passages of the Manuel roundhouse Ibaceta Castle, it counts on a diverse supply of crafts, those that can be acquired pro the tourists in factories of stone sculpture and wood, reproductions archaeological, ocarinas, archaeological ceramics of the north, designs on fabric, weaves, marine seaweed, utilitarian and decorative ceramics, crafts and sculptures in metals. In addition, it counts on a restaurant, "the Inn", that offers typical meals and cooks international. It takes care of of Monday Sunday, 9,30 to 13,30 and 15,30 to 20 hours. The rest of the zone offers other attractiveness, like the Chuño Hill, that count on petroglifos, and the Gorge of Acha, with its geoglifos and their prehistoric camping.
Hat Hill
[edit]On the other hand, the Hat Hill counts on geoglifos and a pre-Hispanic village, located to average slope of a hill, with raised light constructions on natural stone terraces. Historical studies have determined that, this establishment got to have around 500 houses between the 1000 and 1400 D.C, at a well-known time like "ode the regional developments or Arica culture". The occupants of these constructions were agriculturists who maintained an intense interchange with the Andean cattle populations high. This commerce took place by means of caravans of llamos, which brought products of high earth, like meat, charqui, quínoa, wool, etc, merchandise of great value which they interchanged with the production of low and coastal valleys: maize, red pepper, fish and seafood.
Atoca
[edit]The figures made by stone accumulation represent a typical caravan of llamos with their guide, preceded by two personages in dancing attitude, with anthropomorphous characteristics, tie scenes to the traffic of caravans that was carried out between coasts and high earth for the interchange of goods. Sacred hill Account with impressive geoglifos located in the denominated sector Pampas High Ramirez, with a data of, at least, 200 years. In diverse establishments settled, from the time of beginnings of agriculture to the present time. The panel of geoglífos corresponds of the time of the regional developments Inca (1,000 - 1,400 d.C) and represents reasons for human figures and animals of the zone: camelidaes, serpents, lizards, etc., figures that are made by stone accumulations.
San Miguel de Azapa Piles
[edit]Type of grave made in forms of túmulos, by means of the successive accumulation of layers of sand and vegetal fiber litters. High Ramirez (400 belongs to the cultural phase a.C. - 400 d.C.)
San Miguel de Azapa
[edit]Is a town located to 12 km of Arica, surrounded by beautiful agricultural srroundings and that counts on a breeding ground of subtropical plants, túmulos and with the Archaeological Museum of San Miguel de Azapa, employee of the University of Tarapacá. This museum in the last presents/displays a complete vision of the cultural and anthropological development of the region 10,000 years. Its visit allows to know momias older the world.
Rocks of Livilcar Sanctuary
[edit]Located to 80 km of Arica, is the scene of the celebration of the Virgin of the Rosary of the Rocks, that is made between the first Sunday of October and the 8 of December of every yea
Ricardo Lagos
[edit]Ricardo Lagos might be an agnostic, but a citation is needed for this fact. I couldn't find a source to prove this claim. Can you? If so, please add it to List of agnostics. Otherwise, the entry might be deleted again. Rohirok 17:59, 25 March 2006 (UTC)