Huacas of the sun and of the Moon

Huacas of the sun and of the Moon

 

The complex archaeological Huacas of the Sun and of the Moon includes two big pyramids you truncate, the Huaca Las You Star, Huaca of the White Hill, geoglifo of the Spider and other constructions located in the north coast of Peru, in a landscape characterized by the imponencia of the White Hill, the vegetation that grows thanks to the waters of the river Moche and the nearness to the sea.

 Both huacas constituted the center of the power of the thousand-year-old people mochica, that developed between the año 100 and 900 A.D.. Nowadays the archaeological complex, also known as Huacas de Moche, includes approximately 60 hectares of extension.

 

Location

The Huacas del Sol y de la Luna are located in the lower to mid valley, on the left bank of the Moche river on a plain below the imposing Cerro Blanco.

Today the Huacas are surrounded by farmland in the province of Trujillo, department of La Libertad, five kilometers south of the city of Trujillo and 6 kilometers inland. We don't know the original names of these monuments, but they have been called the Huacas del Sol y de la Luna for the past century.

 Huacas of the sun and of the Moon is another fantastic place in peru come to visit!