Villa San Miguel
Villa San Miguel is a neighborhood in Moche, Province of Trujillo, La Libertad. Villa San Miguel is situated nearby to the town Moche, as well as near the village Curva de Sun.Places of Interest
Highlights include Huaca de la Luna and Huaca del Sol.
Huaca de la Luna
Ruins
Photo: Pimpinellus, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Huaca de la Luna is a large adobe brick structure built mainly by the Moche people of northern Peru. It sits roughly 5 kilometers from the Pacific Ocean, 4 km from the modern city of Trujillo, and near the mouth of the Moche River. Huaca de la Luna is situated 3½ km northeast of Villa San Miguel.
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 3½ km northeast of Villa San Miguel.
Huacas de Moche Museum
Museum
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Huacas de Moche Museum is situated 3 km northeast of Villa San Miguel.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Moche and Buenos Aires.
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.
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 Villa San Miguel.
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.
Villa San Miguel
- Type: Neighborhood
- Category: locality
- Location: Moche, Province of Trujillo, La Libertad, Peru, South America
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Latitude
-8.16097° or 8° 9′ 40″ southLongitude
-79.00895° or 79° 0′ 32″ westOpen location code
6732RXQR+JCOpenStreetMap ID
node 13440146004OpenStreetMap feature
place=neighbourhood
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