Trujillo

"Capital" Косты - Trujillo is based in 1535 Constructed as the centre of the Spanish expansion on continent, Trujillo and up to now has kept charm of a colonial epoch - numerous private residences are decorated by beautiful balcony lattices in the Spanish style, windows of houses are taken away by patten lattices, and systematically planned streets are surrounded by shady trees. It is necessary to examine the main area of a city - Plasa-de-Armas, the Town hall, the Palace of a bishop, a cathedral, the Central club in private residence Palasio-Iturregi, the Archaeological museum and museum Кассинельи, picture gallery in building Kasa-Ganosa, and also numerous monasteries.

Near to Trujillo ruins of capital of ancient empire Chimu - the Tub-tub - the enormous city constructed entirely from clay and stones lay. Surrounded with a wall with seven bastions, the Tub-tub during an epoch of the blossoming (presumably XII century) was, most likely, the largest construction of time and had the important political and cultural value - all its territory is built up by palaces, cult constructions, powerful walls and the rich houses, decorated there is fine carving on a stone.

Temple-fortress Тшуди, "Emerald temple" Huaka-Esmeralda, "a rainbow Temple" the Templo-del-arko-iris are unique, pyramids Huaka-del-Sol and the Huaka-del-moon ("the Sun and the Moon", culture мочика, VI century d.C.), etc. Also nearby lay an archaeological complex the Ale-bruho (III thousand years BC) with well-known pyramid Као, the improbable rests of extensive irrigation canals and temples доинкского the period, "the Tomb of lord Sipana" in vicinities of a city of Chiclayo (200 km to the north of Trujillo), area of the most ancient American Indian constructions in Сечине (approximately XVI century BC, 50 km to the south of Chimbote), ruins Gran-Pahaten, set of monuments инкского the period round Cajamarca and Чачапояс, sea resorts Чикама and La-Pimentel, and also ecological reserve in the Batan-grandee.