translate English to French: The last vestiges of the Chavin fade around the beginnings of the present era and certainly none other than inanimate remains were left in the region by the time the Incas took hold of it in the XV century.
Il reste donc peu de vestiges de constructions coloniales. Ancash participa activement à la lutte pour l'indépendance en offrant ses meilleurs enfants à l'armée de Bolivar.