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Chan Chan Site Museum, Av. Chan Chan 101 Urb, Trujillo 13000, Peru Last Updated: 12/10/2025 |
| Chan Chan was the capital city of the Chimor kingdom. It was the largest city of the pre-Columbian era in South America. It is now an archeological site in the department of La Libertad five kilometers (3.1 mi) west of Trujillo, Peru. | |
| Spanning an area of 20 square kilometers, Chan Chan, the capital of the Chimu kingdom, comprised ten walled fortresses, with narrow streets and pathways leading to large plazas, terraces, and truncated pyramids, demonstrating the Chimu people's high level of urban planning. | |
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Mausoleum of Revash Place » Historical Place Revash, near the village of San Bartolo, 60 km south of Chachapoyas city, is a late Chachapoya funerary architectural complex with chullpas (tombs) built on high limestone cliffs, at an altitude of 2,800 m above sea level. They are located within the Cerro Carbón limestone formation, situated on the left edge of the Alto Utcubamba valley. 3 views 💖 0 👍 0Yerbabuena 01445, Peru |
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Muyuq Marka Place » Historical Place Muyuq Marka is an archaeological site in Peru. It is a round Incan building, which is situated within the fortress Saksaywaman above Cuzco. 565 views 💖 2 👍 0Peru |
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Moray Place » Historical Place Moray or Muray is an archaeological site in Peru. One of the most visually stunning Inca ruins is at Moray, an archaeological site in Peru approximately 50 km northwest of Cuzco and just west of the village of Maras. 637 views 💖 7 👍 0Maras, Peru |
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Sillustani Place » Historical Place Sillustani is a pre-Inca cemetery on the shores of Lake Umayo near Puno in Peru. The tombs, which are built above ground in tower-like structures called chullpas, are the vestiges of the Qulla people, who are Aymara conquered by the Inca Empire in the 15th century. 226 views 💖 1 👍 0Atuncolla, Peru |
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Peru Place » City Peru is a country in western South America. Peru has a population of 34 million, and its capital and largest city is Lima. At 1.28 million km2 (0.5 million mi2), Peru is the 19th largest country in the world, and the third largest in South America. 243 views 💖 1 👍 0Peru |
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Nazca Lines Place » Historical Place The Nazca lines are a group of over 700 geoglyphs made in the soil of the Nazca Desert in southern Peru. They were created between 500 BC and 500 AD by people making depressions or shallow incisions in the desert floor, removing pebbles and leaving different-colored dirt exposed. The Nazca Lines were slowly revealed, piece by piece, as technology and curiosity caught up with what the desert had been quietly holding for centuries. 123 views 💖 1 👍 0Peru |