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Zona Arqueologica Fortaleza El Castillo


SAN SILVESTRE DE COCHAN

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The Fortress El Castillo or also called ILLAPA, belongs to the Pre Inca period, in this place parties of vernacular sense were held, it has been considered as a tambo of passage between the mountains and the coast, it is an observatory of natural art, in its contours they still exist Traces of past struggles between the natives or Illapas not only with their neighbors, but against the Incas. It is stated that the ILLAPAS were "helped by lightning", which was their God, who slaughtered the enemy and that is why the castle resembles a man with his throat slit facing the sun.