Iruya was officially founded in 1753, but the first inhabitants settled here around 100 years earlier. They were mainly aboriginals of which the oldest roots go back to the Ocloyas, a people belonging to the ethnic group of the Kolla who stem from the Kollasuyo, which used to be one of the four regions of the Inca empire.[1]

Iruya's church was built in 1690.[2]

 

 

 

Pantipampa

 

 

Río Grande

 

Pueblo viejo

 

 

A dog sleeps in the streets of Iruya

 

Iruya seen from above