Quebrada de Humahuaca
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How it came to be
The Quebrada de Humahuaca in Jujuy province, in the far north-west of Argentina, is a dry valley about 155 kilometres long running north to south. The Río Grande flows through it, and for 10,000 years it has been a route between the high Altiplano and the wooded lands to the east.
The traces begin with hunter-gatherers. Stone-walled terraced fields, thought to date back about 1,500 years and still farmed today, spread through the valley and are linked to fortified towns called pucarás. In the 15th century the valley became a caravan road of the Inca Empire.
Under Spanish rule it linked the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata with the Viceroyalty of Peru, and in the 19th century it was the stage for many battles of the wars of independence. It was inscribed on 2 July 2003.
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