Fortaleza de Kuelap - Amazonas - Perú - Just pure Drone¡¡
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Kuélap, or Cuélap, is an important pre-Inca archaeological site located in the northeastern Andes of Peru, in the Province of Luya, was built by the Chachapoyas archeological culture. It forms a large architectural stone complex characterized by its monumental condition, with a large artificial platform, oriented from south to north, seated on the ridge of limestone rock on the top of Cerro Barreta (at 3000 meters above sea level). The platform extends along almost 600 meters and has a perimeter wall that reaches 19 meters in some places. It is estimated that its construction should have begun towards the eleventh century, coinciding with the period of flowering of the Chachapoyas culture, and its occupation should culminate towards halves of the sixteenth century. Its colossal walls and complex interior architecture are evidences of its function as a well-organized population set, which includes administrative, religious, ceremonial and permanent residence spaces.