Purumllacta

Purumllacta was built over a thousand years ago and is one of the seven major cities of the Chachapoya Empire who built their empire across mountain tops all over the region. Purumllacta is the closest of the Chachapoya ruin to the city of Chachapoyas and easily accessible to the visitor via public transportation.

Purumllacta is an unusual site as it does not follow a typical Chachapoya city layout. It has rectangular houses on terraced slopes all connected via stone stairways. The site is partially excavated and much remains under the tangle of the jungle.

There are several large buildings on the site whose purpose is unknown but may have been used as temples or palaces.