Fort Colcura was a small fort that was the first

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settlement that existed in the commune of

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. It was on a small height on the edge of the Bay of Arauco, a little more than two kilometers to the southeast of the modern city of Lota. From its position it dominated the north slope of cerro

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and the valley of Colcura in whose extreme west is the mouth of the riachuelo Colcura that empties into the cove of Colcura. This place was established as a small fort at the start of the

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, and was several times destroyed by the

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s and repaired. Following the Mapuche Uprising of 1598 it was rebuilt again in 1602 by

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. After the Mapuche Insurrection of 1655,

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built a new fortress of ''San Miguel Arcángel de Colcura'' on the same site in 1662.

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Diccionario geográfico de la República de Chile, SEGUNDA EDICIÓN CORREGIDA Y AUMENTADA, NUEVA YORK, D. APPLETON Y COMPAÑÍA, 1899, Pg. 157 Colcura
Calcura 1602 establishments in the Captaincy General of Chile Coasts of Biobío Region Buildings and structures in Biobío Region {{Chile-struct-stub

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