Are these really fake or "replica" cliff dwellings that were pillaged and relocated?

Jason Maestas | Aug 20, 2020 | Category: Museum in Manitou Springs, Colorado

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Address: 10 Cliff Rd, Manitou Springs, CO 80829, USA

Julio Santos | Aug 21, 2020

They are replicas but beautiful nevertheless. If u want to see the real ones check out the ones in the southwest part of the state.

Tara Sparks | Aug 21, 2020

From what I saw, they are replicas. They are well done, so it is very good for providing a visual concept of what they were like. I grew up in Northern Arizona, and went to Wapatki quite often, those are genuine, and you can see the difference between the two. The museum portion does have some artifacts of pottery and other day to day items which rounds out the experience.

Lavis Miraha | Aug 21, 2020

The official history states that it was legitimate procedure of the relocation of the cliff dwellings (which is sounds really weird, even if they tried to cover it up with good moral ideas), the ruins of original dwellings were relocated and restored in the beginning of XX century, so I guess we can call it a "replica", specially after the original architecture of the dwellings was reassembled with an add-ons...

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