Wakapiedra
Wakapiedra is an event venue in Trujillo Province, Province of Trujillo, La Libertad. Wakapiedra is situated nearby to the ruins Huaca del Sol, as well as near Complejo Arqueológico Huacas de Moche.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Huaca del Sol and Huaca de la Luna.
Huaca del Sol
Ruins
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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 400 metres northeast of Wakapiedra.
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. 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 700 metres east of Wakapiedra.
Huacas de Moche Museum
Museum
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Huacas de Moche Museum is situated 1 km southeast of Wakapiedra.
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 4½ km south of Wakapiedra.
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 7 km west of Wakapiedra.
Wakapiedra
- Type: Event venue
- Category: building
- Location: Trujillo Province, Province of Trujillo, La Libertad, Peru, South America
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Latitude
-8.13463° or 8° 8′ 5″ southLongitude
-78.9973° or 78° 59′ 50″ westOpen location code
6733V283+43OpenStreetMap ID
way 1302552421OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=events_venueOpenStreetMap feature
building=yes
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