Piedra Santa is a large rock outcrop near Malalcahuello in Araucanía Region, Chile. It is best known for folklore and folk catholicism associated to it. Piedra Santa is said to be a Mapuche princess, and the daughter of great warrior, turned into rock.[1] People who travell between Curacautín and Lonquimay stop at Piedra Santa to deposit food and other gifts in order to "feed" the princess.[1]

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  1. ^ a b Plath, Oreste (1979). Folklore chileno (in Spanish). Santiago, Chile: Editorial Nascimiento. p. 106.

38°28′0.78″S 71°36′1.39″W / 38.4668833°S 71.6003861°W / -38.4668833; -71.6003861

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