Castro

Castro is a Chilean city with 39.366 inhabitants (2002 census).
History.
Castro was discovered by the Spanish conqueror Martín Ruiz de Gamboa on 1567.
Sights.
Castro is well known for its "palafitos", traditional wooden stilt houses that are common on the Chiloé Island. Some of them are preserved in the west of the town in a bay named "Fiordo de Castro".
In Gamboa, there is also an interesting wooden chapel.