Huaca de la Luna
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.Photo: Pimpinellus, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Huaca del Sol and Huacas de Moche Museum.
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 500 metres northwest of Huaca de la Luna.
Huacas de Moche Museum
Museum
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Huacas de Moche Museum is situated 1 km south of Huaca de la Luna.
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 southwest of Huaca de la Luna.
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.
Laredo
Town
Photo: Spanchrash, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Laredo is the city capital of Laredo District located 9 km from Trujillo, in La Libertad Region, Peru. Laredo is situated 6 km northeast of Huaca de la Luna.
Huaca de la Luna
- Type: Ruins
- Description: archaeological site in Peru
- Categories: protected area, archaeological site, pyramid, step pyramid, and historic site
- Location: Moche, Province of Trujillo, La Libertad, Peru, South America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-8.13385° or 8° 8′ 2″ southLongitude
-78.99099° or 78° 59′ 28″ westHeight
21 metres (69 feet)Open location code
6733V285+FJOpenStreetMap ID
way 157859518OpenStreetMap feature
historic=ruinsWikidata ID
Q1544441
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Ukrainian—“Huaca de la Luna” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Լուսնի տաճար”
- Belarusian: “Храм Месяца”
- Catalan: “Huaca de la Luna”
- Dutch: “Huaca de la Luna”
- French: “Huaca de la Luna”
- French: “Temple de la Lune”
- Georgian: “უაკა-დე-ლა-ლუნა”
- German: “Huaca de la Luna”
- German: “Mondpyramide der Moche”
- Hebrew: “ואקה דה לה לונה”
- Hebrew: “וואקה דה לה לונה”
- Italian: “Huaca de la Luna”
- Japanese: “月のワカ”
- Macedonian: “Уака де ла Луна”
- Macedonian: “Храм на месечината”
- Polish: “Huaca de la Luna”
- Portuguese: “Huaca de la Luna”
- Quechua: “Huaca de la Luna”
- Quechua: “Killa Wak’a”
- Russian: “Храм Луны”
- Slovenian: “Huaca de la Luna”
- Spanish: “Huaca de la Luna”
- Ukrainian: “Храм Місяця”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Mural de los Mitos and Mirador.
Nearby Places
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