Lamas

Lamas stands in the forested hills of the upper Peruvian Amazon, overlooking valleys that drain towards the Huallaga. Before Spanish conquest the region was home to several Indigenous peoples, including the Lamas and Tabalosos. In 1656 Martín de la Riva y Herrera established a colonial settlement here as part of a campaign to gather and evangelise those communities, after a long period of conflict in the eastern forests.