Huacrachuco

Huacrachuco lies in the rugged highlands west of the upper Marañón River. The people of this region were remembered by early chroniclers for their resistance to Inca expansion. Inca rule eventually brought Huacrachuco into the northern part of the empire, where local leaders and settlers from other provinces formed part of the imperial order. Stone and mud buildings at nearby Marco preserve traces of the older highland settlements that occupied these steep valleys.