CHACHAPOYAS
Declare obsolete civilization's cradle of them Chachapoya, the city was subdued to the Imperio Incaico in the s. XV and posteriorly loop went to found for the Spaniards under the name of Chachapoyas, after the conquest,. They date his parade ground and the little back streets paved with stones that they keep in good condition to the present time Of that epoch.

Chachapoyas's urban Parade ground
She is surrounded of beautiful colonial casonas with traditional balconies; In many instances, these casonas have been turned into hostelries, restaurants and you match commercials. They put on the front the Palacio Municipal and the house where the predecessor of the independence, Toribio Rodríguez was born Mendoza, than today is house and the bishopric's headquarters. The plaza contains a bronze stone basin of republican style.
the Independencia's Small square
Jr. Amazonas cdra. 3 s/n.
once Was constructed in remembrance of Higos Urco's battle, in her as the guided patriots of the zone for the Coronel José Matos faced the Spaniards and they proved to be victorious.
Well of Yanayacu
once Was located in the hill Luya Urco, to 1 km ( 15 min . on foot ) of the Parade ground.
the well's original name was Argentinean source because, traditionally, the unmarried men that were arriving to the city and were drinking of his waters were coming to stay, attracted for his handsome women's irresistible charm. Saint Mogrovejo's Toribio toured this place and it left once the figure of a miter, of a shepherd's hook and the event's year was recorded on a stone.
Yalape's Archeological Remains
To 21 km South of Chachapoyas's city ( 40 minutes in car ).
once Was located to 2700 msnm's height, he dates the chachapoyas's this archeological complex of the years 1100 to 1300 d.C. It is calculated that he has a 4- hectares extension and show the classical circular constructions decorated with friezes up high relief in the shape of rhombuses and of zigzag.
the Condors's Lagoon
Leymebamba's locality ( 3 hours 30 minutes in car ) is gone up to 93 km South of Chachapoyas's city from where go over him 45 km to the lagoon ( 12 hours on foot and in mule ).
The presence Calls for compulsorily a guide itself.
once Was known also as the Mummies's Laguna right now than they found over 200 mummies in good condition of conservation in spite of the zone's warm and humid climate in an outcrop once was located to his banks. Going with mummies pertenecientes met around 3000 objects to the cultures Inca and Chachapoya. The outcrops find decorations with cave paintings.
Sitio's Museum of Leymebamba
Av. Austria s/n, Leymebamba.
still Leymebamba's city to 93 km South of Chachapoyas ( 3 hours 30 minutes in car ); Of Leymebamba go over him 10 km to arrive to the museum.
You visit : M - D 9:30 - 16:30. This modern museum exhibits the mummies and found objects in the Laguna of the Condors, as well as linen goodses, ceramios and guns found in the zone.
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