Carelmapu (lit. from

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, southern Chile. Carelmapu was established by the Spanish in 1602 as San Antonio Ribera de Carelmapu following the

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. In 1643 Carelmapu was sacked and its church vandalized by the Dutch corsair

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. On March 6, 1676 Carelmapu received the exhausted survivors of Pascual de Iriarte's expedition to the

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Fort system

During colonial times Carelmapu was the site of a small fort system made up of Fuerte de Carelmapu just west of Carelmapu, the sentinel outpost of Astillero and the

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of Coronel. The last two were not located in Carelmapu proper but further east along the northern shores of

. The original Fuerte de Carelmapu was built in wood in 1603. At present remnants of it can be found in a deteriorated state.

References

Populated places in Llanquihue Province Populated coastal places in Chile Populated places established in 1602 1602 establishments in the Viceroyalty of Peru Coasts of Los Lagos Region {{LosLagos-geo-stub