Sechin Alto
Sechin Alto is a massive architectural complex in Peru belonging to the Early Formative period. It is located in the Casma Province, the Ancash Region, on the left bank of the Sechín River, east of the town of the same name.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: cultural heritage site in Peru
- Also known as: “Sachin Alto”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Sechin and Sechin Bajo.
Sechin
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Cerro Sechín is an archaeological site in the Casma Province of the Ancash Region in northern Peru. Dating to 1600 BC, the site was discovered by Peruvian archaeologists Julio C.
Sechin Bajo
Archaeological site
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Sechin Bajo is a large archaeological site with ruins dating from 3500 BCE to 1300 BCE, making it not only one of the oldest centers of civilization in the Western Hemisphere, but also one of the oldest civilization centers on earth. Sechin Bajo is situated 2½ km west of Sechin Alto.
Museo Regional de Casma ‘Max Uhle’
Museum
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Museo Regional de Casma ‘Max Uhle’ is a museum, which is situated 2 km southwest of Sechin Alto.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Casma.
Casma
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Casma is a city in the coastal desert of Peru, located 330 kilometers northwest of Lima. It is the capital of the province of Casma and the third most populous city in the Ancash Region with an estimated population of 29,343.
Sechin Alto
- Categories: historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Buena Vista Alta District, Casma Province, Ancash, Peru, South America
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Latitude
-9.46626° or 9° 27′ 59″ southLongitude
-78.24284° or 78° 14′ 34″ westElevation
134 metres (440 feet)Open location code
6723GQM4+FVOpenStreetMap ID
way 164193037OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_site
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In Other Languages
From Portuguese to Spanish—“Sechin Alto” goes by many names.
- Portuguese: “Sechín”
- Spanish: “Carbonería”
- Spanish: “Sechin Alto”
- Spanish: “Sechín Alto”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Sechin Alto”. Photo: Qpqqy, CC BY-SA 4.0.