Vista Alegre
Vista Alegre is a town in the southwest side of Trujillo city, is in Victor Larco Herrera District in the province of Trujillo, La Libertad Region, Peru.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Suburb
- Description: human settlement in Peru
- Also known as: “Vista Alegre, Trujillo”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Huaca Esmeralda and Iglesia de La Merced.
Huaca Esmeralda
Museum
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The Huaca La Esmeralda is an archaeological building belonging to the Chimu culture, is located in the Peruvian city of Trujillo. It is estimated that the adobe construction was done during the first stage of development of the Chimu culture, in close link with the capital Chan Chan. Huaca Esmeralda is situated 4 km north of Vista Alegre.
Iglesia de La Merced
Church
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Iglesia de La Merced is a church, which is situated 4 km northeast of Vista Alegre.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Buenos Aires and Trujillo.
Buenos Aires
Suburb
Buenos Aires is a coastal town and resort located in Víctor Larco Herrera district, in Trujillo, Peru. This locality is subdivided into three zones: Buenos Aires South, extending to the border with the Moche district, Buenos Aires Central limiting with Vista Alegre by east and the sector called Buenos Aires North extending up to the limit with Huanchaco.
Trujillo
Trujillo is a city of 790,000 people in Northwestern Peru, very close to the Pacific Coast. Trujillo was founded in 1534 among 4 Chimu settlements to enable the Spanish to ally with them against the Incas.
Moche
Town
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Moche is a Peruvian city, the capital of Moche District in Trujillo Province of La Libertad Region in northern Peru. It is located in the Moche Valley and was the center of development of the ancient Moche or Mochica culture. Moche is situated 6 km southeast of Vista Alegre.
Vista Alegre
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Víctor Larco Herrera District, Province of Trujillo, La Libertad, Peru, South America
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Latitude
-8.13895° or 8° 8′ 20″ southLongitude
-79.04823° or 79° 2′ 54″ westElevation
9 metres (30 feet)Open location code
6732VX62+CPOpenStreetMap ID
node 8750297343OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Spanish—“Vista Alegre” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Vista Alegre, Trujillo”
- Spanish: “Vista Alegre (Trujillo)”
- Spanish: “Vista Alegre”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Víctor Larco Herrera and Urbanización Los Rosales de San Luis.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Plaza Cívica de Vista Alegre and Capilla ‘Inmaculado Corazón de María’.
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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 “Vista Alegre”. Photo: S23678, CC BY 3.0.