Andean Northwest
Jujuy
Departamento de Tilcara

Pucará de Tilcara

The Pucará de Tilcara is a pre-Inca fortification or pukara located on a hill just outside the small town of , in the .
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  • Type: Nature reserve
  • Description: archeological site in Argentina
  • Also known as: “Pucara de Tilcara”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Tilcara train station and Museo Arqueológico ‘Doctor Eduardo Casanova’.

Railway station
Photo: Galio, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a railway station.

Museum
Photo: Claudio Elias, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a museum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Tilcara and Maimará.

Photo: Bpierreb, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a pleasant town in in . It is the tourist centre of the world heritage site Quebrada de Humahuaca, and in addition to having its own sights to see, it makes a good base for day trips to other towns in the area.

Village
Photo: Sjacques, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a town and municipality in in .

Pucará de Tilcara

Latitude
-23.5864° or 23° 35′ 11″ south
Longitude
-65.4027° or 65° 24′ 10″ west
Open location code
578PCH7W+CW
Open­Street­Map ID
way 46595370
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
Open­Street­Map feature
leisure=­nature_reserve
Wiki­data ID
Q2062241
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Pucará de Tilcara” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “حصن بوكارا دي تيلكارا”
  • Armenian: “Պուկարա դե Տիլկարա”
  • Catalan: “Pucará de Tilcara”
  • Chinese: “普卡拉-德蒂尔卡拉”
  • Chinese: “普卡拉-德蒂爾卡拉”
  • Dutch: “Pucará de Tilcara”
  • French: “Pucara de Tilcara”
  • French: “Pucará de Tilcara”
  • Georgian: “პუკარა-დე-ტილკარა”
  • German: “Pucará de Tilcara”
  • Japanese: “ティルカラのプカラ”
  • Lithuanian: “Pucará de Tilcara”
  • Lithuanian: “Pukara de Tilkara”
  • Lithuanian: “Tilkaros pukara”
  • Portuguese: “Pucará de Tilcara”
  • Russian: “Пукара-де-Тилкара”
  • Slovenian: “Pucará de Tilcara”
  • Spanish: “Pucara de Tilcara”
  • Spanish: “Pucará de Tilcara”
  • Spanish: “Yacimiento arqueológico Pucará de Tilcara”
  • Turkish: “Pucará de Tilcara”
  • Ukrainian: “Пукара-де-Тілкара”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Mirador de la Pucará and Jardín Botánico de Altura.

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