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Ruins of the San Pedro de Alcántara Castle - The city of Valdivia and Chiloé Island were once the two southernmost enclaves of the
Spanish Empire. From 1645 to 1740, the city depended directly on the Viceroyalty of Peru that financed the building of the Valdivian
fort system, which turned Valdivia into one of the most fortified cities of the New World.
