Cliff Palace
by Juergen Klust
Title
Cliff Palace
Artist
Juergen Klust
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Photograph
Description
Mesa Verde (Spanish for green table mountain) is a national park in the southwestern part of the U.S. state of Colorado - around 420 kilometers southwest of Denver and about 50 kilometers west of the small tourist center located Durango. The park protects about 4,000 archaeological sites, particularly the studied until the end of the 19th century, complete, well-preserved cliff dwellings pre-Columbian Anasazi tribes.
Mesa Verde is the only national park in the United States, which was established to protect an archaeological site, other cultural and historical objects are designated as a National Monument or other formal lesser category of protected area.
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June 9th, 2014
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