Purén
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Purén is a city and commune in Malleco Province of La Araucanía Region, Chile. It is located in the west base of the Cordillera de Nahuelbuta. The economical activity of Purén is based in forest explo
Fort of Purén with the town in background
Fuerte de la Pacificación
Museo Historico de Purén
Occupation of Araucanía
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The Occupation of Araucanía or Pacification of Araucanía was a series of military campaigns, agreements and penetrations by the Chilean military and settlers into Mapuche territory which led to the in
Purén
…shore of the Purén river is the location that the old Purén fortress occupied. A village had sprung up next to the fort by the 1890s following the occupation of Araucania. Recently, some pre-Hispanic proto-pyramids or mounds have been discovered near Purén…
Mapuches during a malón raid
Painting showing Elisa Bravo Jaramillo, who was said to have survived the wreck of Joven Daniel to be then kidnapped by Mapuches
Photo of Cornelio Saavedra Rodríguez, the planner and military leader of the occupation until 1871