Uyo Uyo

Uyo Uyo stands above the Colca valley near Yanque, in the southern Peruvian Andes. The old Collagua settlement contains stone dwellings, agricultural terraces and burial areas on the slopes overlooking the river. Occupied before and during Inca rule, it formed part of a landscape where terraces transformed the steep valley sides into cultivated ground. After the Spanish arrival its inhabitants left the old settlement as colonial authorities reorganised communities in the valley.