CHAN CHAN:
This pre-Hispanic urban center represents the largest mud city in pre-Hispanic America. In 1986, it was declared a World Heritage Site by the Unesco. Chan Chan might have been the capital of the Chimu Kingdom, originally including over twenty square kilometers. Archeologists estimate that it lodged over a hundred thousand people. Plazas, houses, warehouses, workshops, streets, walls are profusely decorated with reliefs of geometric figures, zoomorphic stylizations, and mythological creatures.

Location and Visiting Hours.

Location: 2.5 miles. West of Trujillo, in the Moche Valley
Visiting Hours: Monday through Sunday: 9ª.m-4p.m.
Estimated time from the hotel: 1.5 hours.

Chan Chan Museum
Address: Jr. Leoncio Prado, Villa del Mar, Trujillo.
Telephone: (51-44) 23 4862
website: http://www.unitru.edu.pe/arq/mchan1.html
Visiting Hours: Monday through Friday: 9a.m-1p.m and 4p.m- 8:00p.m.