Huaca del Sol
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.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Huaca de la Luna and Huacas de Moche Museum.
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 500 metres southeast of Huaca del Sol.
Huacas de Moche Museum
Museum
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Huacas de Moche Museum is situated 1¼ km south of Huaca del Sol.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Trujillo and Moche.
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
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 Huaca del Sol.
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 del Sol.
Huaca del Sol
- Type: Ruins
- Description: protected area
- Categories: protected area, archaeological site, ancient city, and historic site
- Location: Trujillo Province, Province of Trujillo, La Libertad, Peru, South America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-8.13179° or 8° 7′ 54″ southLongitude
-78.99505° or 78° 59′ 42″ westHeight
43 metres (141 feet)Open location code
6733V293+7XOpenStreetMap ID
way 157859519OpenStreetMap feature
historic=ruinsWikidata ID
Q1632711
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Turkish—“Huaca del Sol” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Արևի տաճար”
- Dutch: “Huaca del Sol”
- Esperanto: “Huakoj de la Suno kaj de la Luno”
- French: “Huaca del sol”
- French: “Huaca del Sol”
- French: “Huaca Del Sol”
- Georgian: “უაკა-დელ-სოლი”
- German: “Huaca del Sol”
- German: “Sonnenpyramide der Moche”
- Hebrew: “ואקה דל סול”
- Hebrew: “וואקה דל סול”
- Italian: “Huaca del Sol”
- Japanese: “太陽のワカ”
- Macedonian: “Уака дел Сол”
- Macedonian: “Храм на сонцето”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Huaca del Sol”
- Polish: “Huaca del Sol”
- Portuguese: “Huaca del Sol”
- Portuguese: “Huacas del Sol”
- Quechua: “Huaca del Sol”
- Quechua: “Inti wak’a”
- Quechua: “Inti Wak’a”
- Russian: “Храм Солнца”
- Slovenian: “Huaca del Sol”
- Spanish: “Complejo arqueologico de las huacas de Moche”
- Spanish: “Complejo arqueológico de las huacas de Moche”
- Spanish: “Huaca del Sol”
- Spanish: “Huacas del sol y de la luna”
- Spanish: “Huacas del Sol y de la Luna”
- Turkish: “Huaca del Sol”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Complejo Arqueológico Huacas de Moche and Campo Maradona.
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