Moche Route
Archaeological site in Peru
title: "Moche Route" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["moche-sites", "moche-culture", "adobe-buildings-and-structures", "archaeological-sites-in-the-department-of-la-libertad", "archaeological-sites-in-peru"] description: "Archaeological site in Peru" topic_path: "philosophy" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moche_Route" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::summary Archaeological site in Peru ::
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The Moche Route is a tourist drive that begins in the Peruvian city of Trujillo in what once was the seat of power of the Moche culture known as The Temples of the Sun and the Moon and then goes through a series of places that were part of the kingdoms Moche and Chimu. The route runs along the northern Peruvian mainly through the regions called La Libertad and Lambayeque. In this route, are found the major archaeological sites in this area of Peru, belonging to the Moche culture. Recently the MINCETUR (Ministry of Tourism of Peru) has received the Ulysses Award for the promotion of this tourist route in 2011.
Sites of the route
Some places of the Moche route are:
- Huanchaco
- Huaca del Sol
- Huaca de la Luna, etc.
- Trujillo
- Chiclayo
- Lord of Sipan
- El Brujo
- Huaca Esmeralda
- The Lady of Cao
- Pampa Grande
References
- Art of the Andes, from Chavin to Inca. Rebecca Stone-Miller, Thames and Hudson, 1995.
- The Incas and Their Ancestors: the archaeology of Peru. Michael E. Moseley, Thames and Hudson, 1992.
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