San Pedro de Atacama in northern Chile is a lovely little town with a Spanish-Indian look. Long before the arrival of the Spanish, this area was the centre of the Atacameño culture. The town still preserves the structure and construction of the Spanish colonial influence, antique adobe houses with interior yards and roofs made of clay and hay. There is a definite sense of history in the shady streets and crumbling ancient walls which drift away from the town into the fields and then into the dust.
Sunday 21 February 2010
San Pedro de Atacama, Chile
San Pedro de Atacama in northern Chile is a lovely little town with a Spanish-Indian look. Long before the arrival of the Spanish, this area was the centre of the Atacameño culture. The town still preserves the structure and construction of the Spanish colonial influence, antique adobe houses with interior yards and roofs made of clay and hay. There is a definite sense of history in the shady streets and crumbling ancient walls which drift away from the town into the fields and then into the dust.
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