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History:

The archaeological centers lost within the Jungle's foliage emerge as testimony of the human beings' antiquity in the region. Most of the Pre-hispanic Cultures that became prosperous in all the whole area are still a mystery due to the lack of research. The Kuelap's Fortress is the most representative monument of this age. It is a construction of military architecture with huge proportions which shows the high level of civilization achieved by men in this region. The Culture of Sachapuyas was developed during the Inca Age and represented a strong opposition to the Tahuantinsuyo by repeling the first Inca's attempts for incorporating that region to the Empire.

The capital of this department, Chachapoyas, was founded in 1,538 by Alonso de Alvarado. In the same year, its first church was built and then, the Santa Ana's Church, San Lazaro and Señor de Burgos were built. In April 1821, the Chachapoyas' inhabitants ignored and exiled the spanish authorities following the steps taken by the San Martín's Liberating Army.

The department of Amazonas was strictly linked to the emancipating thoughts and actions. The cleric Toribio Rodriguez de Mendoza was its most outstanding representative and the man who encouraged all patriotic generation in the concepts of Nation and Peru, he was also one of the thinkers who signed the National Act of Independence.

The Cordillera del Condor is located in this department and was the scenery of the conflict between Peru and Ecuador in 1981.