Ruins of Quilmes
The Ruins of Quilmes is an archaeological site in the Calchaquí Valleys, Tucumán Province, Argentina. The site was the largest pre-Columbian settlement in the country, occupying about 30 hectares.Photo: Claudio Elias, Public domain.
Photo: Dr.Haus, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: archaeological site
- Also known as: “Quilmes Ruins”
Ruins of Quilmes
- Categories: historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Tafí del Valle Department, Tucumán, Andean Northwest, Argentina, South America
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Latitude
-26.4645° or 26° 27′ 52″ southLongitude
-66.03837° or 66° 2′ 18″ westElevation
1,842 metres (6,043 feet)Open location code
575MGXP6+5MOpenStreetMap ID
way 223131588OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_site
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Swedish—“Ruins of Quilmes” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “أنقاض كيلمس”
- Catalan: “Ciutat Sagrada de Quilmes”
- Catalan: “Ruïnes de Quilmes”
- French: “Cité sacrée des Quilmes”
- French: “Cité Sacrée des Quilmes”
- German: “Quilmes”
- Hungarian: “Quilmes”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Quilmes”
- Norwegian: “Quilmes”
- Portuguese: “Cidade Sagrada Quilmes”
- Portuguese: “Ruinas de Quilmes”
- Portuguese: “Ruínas de Quilmes”
- Spanish: “Ruinas de los Quilmes”
- Spanish: “Ruinas de Quilmes”
- Swedish: “Quilmes”
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