Quebrada de Humahuaca
The Quebrada de Humahuaca is a gorge ( quebrada ) in Argentina , which begins near San Salvador de Jujuy (1259 m) and rises for about 150 kilometers to the city of Humahuaca (2950 m).
The gorge is dominated by the Río Grande de Jujuy , which repeatedly damages the road and the disused railway line to Humahuaca. The mountains on both sides of the valley are bare and have hardly any vegetation. There are multicolored rocks.
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Well-known tourist destinations are the following places:
- Purmamarca , with the Cerro de los Siete Colores , the mountain of the seven colors
- Posta de Hornillos
- Tilcara , where on a hill in the middle of the valley is the reconstructed fortress ( Pucará ) of the Omaguaca Indians, who are considered to be the indigenous people of the area;
- Humahuaca , the colonial-style city founded in 1594 that gave the gorge its name and is located at almost 3000 meters above sea level.
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The Quebrada de Humahuaca was founded in 2003 by the UNESCO as part of the Inca Trail to the World Heritage declared.
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Cultural heritage: Jesuit reductions of the Guaraní (1983) | Cueva de las Manos (1999) | Jesuit Bloc and Estanzias of Cordoba (2000) | Quebrada de Humahuaca (2003) | Qhapaq Ñan - Andean Road System (2014) | The architectural work of Le Corbusier : Casa Curutchet (2016)
Natural heritage: Los Glaciares National Park (1981) | Iguazú National Park (with the Iguazú waterfalls ) (1984) | Peninsula Valdés (1999) | Ischigualasto and Talampaya National Parks (2000) | Los Alerces National Park (2017)
Coordinates: 23 ° 11 ′ 58 ″ S , 65 ° 20 ′ 55 ″ W