La Congona
A township built from stone, with blocks worked into symmetrical shapes and placed in position with mud mortar. The buildings date from 1100 to 1350 AD. This housing complex from the Chachapoyas culture features rhomboidal decorative stonework, and prominent quadrangular internal cornices.
Location Access |
| Province: | Chachapoyas | Distance: | Time: | 18 kilometers from
Leymebamba to
La Congona | 3 hours on foot and
by mule from
Leymebamba | 86 kilometers from
Chachapoyas to
Leymebamba | 3 hours 30 minutes
from Chachapoyas
to Leymebamba |
| | District: | Leimebamba | Locality
Reference: | N/A |
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Site Details |
Entrance Fee: | Opening Hours: | Museum & Other Services: | | Free entry | Monday to Sunday
8:00 – 12:00 and
13:00 – 17:00 | In the surrounding
countryside you can
see orchids,
agricultural
development and
native vegetation |
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