On the heights of the Andes and the Amazon jungle Kuelap is a very important archaeological site pre Inca built on 3000 meters over the sea level in the province of Luya, in the department of Amazonas.
This group of large stones, is considered the "Machu Picchu of the north", is perched on the ridge of limestone rock on the summit of Cerro Barreta and built in order to accommodate people of high religious society, for worship the gods of the Chachapoyas culture.
The fort is a test of the engineering skills that had the Chachapoyas, a people who lived here between 800 and 1400 AD It has an area of 450 hectares and was discovered in 1843 by the same judge Chachapoyas at the time, Don Juan Crisostomo Nieto. From that date, the archaeological site has been visited by numerous researchers and travelers, due to its complexity and grandeur of their buildings.
Also, Kuelap is considered one of the greatest Peruvian archaeological monuments, as its walls reach more than 20 meters high, at an altitude of 3000 meters above the sea, walled alleys funnel, making it becomes a surprising and mysterious place.
Housing groups and circular ceremonial chambers, which were so divided according to rank and social status of the settler was also built.
According to archaeologist Manuel Malaver Pizarro, head of Heritage Area Archaeological Regional Direction of Culture of Amazonas, the term strength is no longer used since 2004, as new research concludes that Kuelap is a fortified citadel built with a kind of ayllu or tribute and its walls were a way to highlight its magnificence and be closer to their gods.
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