Huaca Chica
Huaca Chica is an archaeological site in Trujillo Province, Province of Trujillo, La Libertad. Huaca Chica is situated nearby to the park Plaza San Jose, as well as near Huacas de Moche Museum.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Huacas de Moche Museum and Huaca de la Luna.
Huacas de Moche Museum
Museum
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Huacas de Moche Museum is situated 690 metres northeast of Huaca Chica.
Huaca de la Luna
Ruins
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Huaca de la Luna is a large adobe brick structure built mainly by the Moche people of northern Peru. Along with the Huaca del Sol, the Huaca de la Luna is part of Huacas de Moche, which is the remains of an ancient Moche capital city called Cerro Blanco, by the volcanic peak of the same name. Huaca de la Luna is situated 1½ km northeast of Huaca Chica.
Huaca del Sol
Ruins
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The Huaca del Sol is an adobe brick pyramid built by the Moche civilization on the northern coast of what is now Peru. The pyramid is one of several ruins found near the volcanic peak of Cerro Blanco, in the coastal desert near Trujillo at the Moche Valley. Huaca del Sol is situated 1½ km north of Huaca Chica.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Moche and Trujillo.
Moche
Town
Photo: Spanchrash, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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 3 km south of Huaca Chica.
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.
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. Buenos Aires is situated 6 km west of Huaca Chica.
Huaca Chica
- Type: Archaeological site
- Categories: historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Trujillo Province, Province of Trujillo, La Libertad, Peru, South America
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Latitude
-8.14445° or 8° 8′ 40″ southLongitude
-78.99808° or 78° 59′ 53″ westOpen location code
6733V242+6QOpenStreetMap ID
node 12063563321OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_site
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