La Imperial
Ancient city · Chile
- Abandoned
- 1600
- Founded
- 1551
- Population
- —
- Coordinates
- -38.700, -73.167
Why it was abandoned
🏛️ Ancient ruins
Detected automatically from the text: La Imperial or Ciudad Imperial was a city founded by Pedro de Valdivia on 16 April 1552 and named in honor of the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V, then (also) king of Spain.
History
La Imperial or Ciudad Imperial was a city founded by Pedro de Valdivia on 16 April 1552 and named in honor of the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V, then (also) king of Spain. It was abandoned on 5 April 1600 and destroyed as a result of the Mapuche Uprising of 1598 during the War of Arauco. The ruins were called Antigua Imperial. A city was refounded there in 1882 under the name Carahue.