Pisco Elqui
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Pisco Elqui is a Chilean village (aldea) in the commune of Paiguano, Elqui Province, Coquimbo Region. It is located in the Elqui Valley, 107 km east from La Serena, at about 2,000 metres above sea level.
This was the area where pisco was distilled in the early history of Chile. The original name of the town was La Greda. It was later changed to La Unión. In 1936, the Law Decree 5,798 changed its name to Pisco Elqui to reinforce Chile's claim to have rights over the alcoholic drink, pisco.
Near by is the Montegrande town, where the Chilean Nobel Prize laureate Gabriela Mistral, was born.
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- Pisco Elqui, Valle de Elqui (in Spanish, English, German)
- Valle del Elqui
- horse riding in Pisco Elqui
- Pisco Elqui (in Spanish)
- Chile's Elqui Valley
