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Trujillo, capital of the region of La Libertad, is the third largest city in Peru. It lies on the north coast, 561 Km / 349 miles from Lima, in the Moche River valley where the Moche and Chimu civilizations Developer betwen 200 B.C. and A.D. 700. Both cultures were remarkable for their pottery and work in gold and silver.

Eight Kilometers (5 miles) south of the city of Trujillo stand the ceremonial centres of huacas known as the Temples of the Sun and the Moon of the Moche culture. It is believed that they were, respectively, an administrative center and a center of worship. The Temple of the Sun is a graded pyramid 43 meters high (141 feet), while the temple of the moon, only 500 meters Hawai (545 yards), is made of superimposed temples built at different times during the Moche civilizations. Some of the walls have dramatic polychromed murals, with clear details that show the face of the fair god Aja-Paec.

During colonial times, the center of the city took on a stately air given by its numerous churches and gracious family homes with large wrought-iron windows. A wall was built around the city to protect it from constant siege by pirates and corsairs. Later in the republican period, the city´s wealth expanded with the export boom of sugar cane and cotton.

Its year- round pleasant climate has earned in the title of “Capital of Eternal Spring”. It has wonderful beaches such as Delicias, Salaverry, Huanchaco and Chicama, venues for internacional surfing competitions and where local fishermen still use “caballitos de totora” reed canoes made the same way for thousands of years. The typical dance of the coasts is the `marinera´ and Trujillo is where the most important competitions are held, earning the name of Capital of the Peruvian Marinera. Trujillo is also an important breeding and competition center for Peruvian pacer horses.

 

Altitude: Huaraz: meters (100 feet)

 

How to Get There:

By air : daily from Lima to ( mi).       

Overland : buses to Trujillo up the Pan-American Highway from Lima (561 Km / 348 miles - 8 hours); from Chiclayo (210 Km / 130 miles -  3 hours); from Piura (410 Km / 255 miles - 6 hours); and from Tumbes 759 Km / 472 miles.

Public transport from Trujillo to Chan Chan (5 Km/ 3 miles – 15 minutes) and the Huanchaco resort (13 Km / 8 miles - 25 minutes). Public transport to the Temples of the Sun and the Moon ( 8 Km / 4.9 miles - 20 minutes).

 

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