Travel Peru – Trujillo

TTRUJILLO known as EARTHS Moche and Chimu
La Libertad Department
Trujillo province
Location 8th 6’43 «S 79 ° 1’44» O
Latitude 08º 06 ‘43.20s
Length 79º 01 ‘43.68s
Altitude 34 m
Distance 557.2 km lima
206.15 km to Chiclayo
k 415.65
Piura
Surface 1,199.85 km²
Foundation March 5, 1535
Population 904,296 inhabitants
Density 670.33 inhabitants km²
PLAZA MAYOR OF TRUJILLO
It is a country’s most important country’s most important places plaza. It is surrounded by beautiful colonial houses «and in its center, the Liberty monument, sculpture made part the German Edmundo Muller is.
IGLESIAS .In throughout the city, find Iglesias’ with art and history. Trujillo Cathedral was built in 1666 and still contains valuable works of art such as paintings and sculptures cusqueños. In the Church of the Company, also located around the Plaza de Armas, you find the bouquet paintings of Diego de la Puente.
COLONIAL MANSIONS. The .de find around the Plaza de Armas. One of the main houses is Casa Bracamonte, which fuses the Republican colonial era. The House Calonge or Urquiaga House, headquarters of the Bank, Central Reserve is neoclassical and adapted as; museum, where pieces of gold Chimu culture and furniture of the colonial times are displayed and can also stroll through the square El Recreo, in the block 9, Jr. Pizarro. A mansion impossible to ignore is the Iturregui Palace, located in Slate 688, .SUNDAY open from 9h to 19h; built in neoclassical style, it has beautiful windows with bars, columns’ inside and gold moldings on the ceilings. Archeology
Huaca Esmeralda .It is located 3 km northwest of Trujillo, between this city and Chanchan. It is associated with Chimó culture and was linked to Chan Chan. The building has a rectangular base and two platforms with central ramps. Its walls are decorated with reliefs of zoomorphic and geometric motifs. The combis going to depart from Trujillo Huaca Esmeralda every moment. Admission is included in the payment of income Chanchan.
CITADEL CHANCHAN
El Brujo ARCHAEOLOGICAL COMPLEX NORTH OF TRUJILLO.
It is located in the Moche Valley, 5 km northwest of Trujillo and 10 minutes drive, is the largest mud city of pre-Hispanic America and would have been the capital of the kingdom of chimó. Its enormous walls are decorated with geometric figures, stylized and mythological creatures like sea birds, fish, etc. The tour of the archaeological site is complemented by a visit to the museum, where Chimó important pieces of culture is exhibited. With your. Entrance to Chan Chan, you can also enter the Huaca Esmeralda and the Huaca Arco Iris.
HUACA DRAGON OR RAINBOW .Ubicada in the town of La Esperanza, 4 km to! northwest of Trujillo and 10 minutes in car approximately, Huaca Dragon is a pyramid of adobe important because its construction would have been made at the end of the Wari and Tiwanaku culture at the beginning of the Chimó culture. It is the best preserved ceremonial center of the Chimu culture. It has friezes with sea and anthropomorphic figures, with a double-headed serpent representing the rainbow. The entry fee is included in the Chanchán.
Huaca del Sol and Huaca de la Luna .Ubicada 10 km southwest of Trujillo and 15 minutes drive from the city, Huaca del Sol functioned as the political-administrative center, and Huaca. Moon, located opposite the Sun, as the most important ceremonial center. At the moment, you can only visit the Huaca de la Luna. The entrance fee is included in the Chanchán, but if you have not visited the Citadelle de Barro, only these can also visit huacas for the same price and with guide included, from Monday to Sunday between 9 am and 16h.
ARCHAEOLOGICAL COMPLEX THE WIZARD .Located in the Chicama Valley, in the district of Magdalena de Cao, 60 km north of Trujillo and an hour and half drive, the complex consists of three buildings that are: Huaca Prieta, Huaca Cao and Huaca Cut. Stands a large adobe pyramid thirty meters high, which is said was a wall of sacrifice, whose walls you can see the Moche Iconography. The best-known image is the «Cutthroat Cabezas,» one of the most important friezes and which can also be seen in the Moche ceramics. We recommend you make your visit in the morning so that you have time to visit the entire complex and the museum site
Beaches of freedom
Huanchaco .Located 13 km northwest of Trujillo and 15 minutes by car, is a peaceful place with a warm and sunny climate, a picturesque pier and a beautiful ocean view. It is well known for its handmade boats from the Mochica, called «totora horses». It is an attractive place for backpackers who are on their way north or south, and has a great range of hotels and restaurants. You can eat fish, but also chicken, steak, pizza, piurana, jungle, Mexican food, sandwiches, juices, tamales and chicken broth in the market.
PACASMAYO .Pacasmayo is a beautiful resort and port located 95 km north of Trujillo. Its most popular beach is El Faro, recognized by surf lovers from various countries because of its waves. There have been many championships board and body board. You can also go windsurfing. Highlights include the quay of the port, which is one of the longest in the country, and Grace house dating from 1850. In Pacasmayo, you can also enjoy other excursions like going to San Pedro de Lloc, Cañoncillo forest, and even sites archaeological as Pakatnamu
TOY MUSEUM .It located on top of a house, two blocks from Plaza de Armas of Trujillo. It was created on the initiative of the painter Gerardo Chavez, who formed a superb collection for many years. There are exhibited toys worldwide and the Peruvian prehispanic period. On the first floor, you will find the cafe-bar My Little Paris, decorated with pictures of Peruvian and Latin American artists. If you’re there, be sure to ask a maceration mistela guindones to prove worthy.
SURF IN HUANCHACO .SI you like to run waves, Huanchaco is a good beach and the seat of international championships. You can rent your equipment running waves from S /. 20 to S /. 30 per day (includes table and wet suit). Local equipment rental and surf lessons abound front of the boardwalk, before and after the spring.
Totora horses. The horse totora is the biggest attraction of Huanchaco, and its use has survived throughout history since the time of the Moche and Chimu until today. Considered as a precedent surfboard, locals use it for fishing.
YOU WILL NOT TELL .The port and seaside resort of Pacasmayo
It houses interesting ‘and unimaginable territory attractions for the traveler and a warm climate that will make your stay even more pleasant. Here you can breathe the pure air of a large .lleno valley rice crops and stroll through picturesque villages full of history and archeology or simply enjoy upa: relaxing afternoon by the sea. Among its main attractions are the Cathedral in San Pedro de Lloc, saddles and other gear manufactured to ride horses pass.
San Pedro de Lloc Pacasmayo .It’s capital and is located in the foothills Pacasmayo. Formerly it was known as the fishing village Lloc, named in honor of its founder. Later after ‘, the Spanish conquest
It acquired its current name its cathedral, dating from the seventeenth century, it has a rococo altarpiece, where the main figure is that of San Pedro de Lloc. In its surroundings, you can see valleys, deserts, dunes and hills, and beautiful mirrors .As water. It has a warm and dry climate. Its streets are drawn from south to .norte the Reman style. Oe this people come sampedranos .pellones as evenly matched mounts among others paso horse riding
Cañoncillo Forest .PE This located in the archaeological complex of the same name on the left bank of Jequetepeque River, is named for the presence of the imposing hill Cañoncillo also owns forest Algarrobos, Archaeological and lakes areas it is suitable for ecotourism and for adventure sports like dunes and wealthy
ARQUEOLICA AREA OF PAKATMANU .is a mud city style chanchan 14 km from Pacasmayo in whose territory felt the presence of the Moche and Chimu this ceremonial, political and military administrative center has more than fifty pyramids and housing set and corridors and squares can be seen painted walls with reliefs