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Cliff Palace Cliff Palace, at about 150 rooms, is the largest cliff dwelling in the park. The Ancestral Puebloans inhabited Mesa Verde for more than 700 years (550 A.D. to 1300 A.D.), but for the first six centuries, they primarily lived on the mesa tops. It was not until the final 75 to 100 years that they constructed and lived in the cliff dwellings for which Mesa Verde is known. Source: National Park Service

Cliff Palace

Cliff Palace, at about 150 rooms, is the largest cliff dwelling in the park.

The Ancestral Puebloans inhabited Mesa Verde for more than 700 years (550 A.D. to 1300 A.D.), but for the first six centuries, they primarily lived on the mesa tops. It was not until the final 75 to 100 years that they constructed and lived in the cliff dwellings for which Mesa Verde is known.

Source: National Park Service

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