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Plaza
Plaza de Armas de Chiclayo
Chiclayo's main square, with the neoclassical Cathedral of Santa María, a columned façade and two towers, the Municipal Palace, and the bustle of the surrounding downtown.
Lambayeque · Peru Capital
Chiclayo
In the destination Chiclayo and Lambayeque.
In the photo: Catedral de Chiclayo
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The city
What to expect from Chiclayo.
Chiclayo, the capital of Lambayeque, is on the northern coast of Peru, 14 km from the Pacific. It is a commercial city, with the Plaza de Armas, the Catedral and the Mercado Modelo, known for its herb stalls. It is the base for Huaca Rajada–Sipán, the pyramids of Túcume, the Bosque de Pómac, the Museo Nacional Sicán, the ruins of Zaña and the beach of Pimentel, as well as the museums of neighboring Lambayeque.
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The local experience
What to see in Chiclayo
Market
Mercado Modelo de Chiclayo
Chiclayo's main market, known for stalls selling medicinal plants, roots, amulets and objects used in traditional rituals, as well as fruit, food and the surrounding downtown commerce.
Beach
Playa de Pimentel
The beach of Pimentel, 11 km from Chiclayo, with a wooden pier about 700 meters over the Pacific, a promenade, summer mansions and fishermen who still use caballitos de totora.
Archaeological site
Huaca Rajada–Sipán
The Moche site near the village of Sipán, where in 1987 the intact tomb of the Lord of Sipán was found. It has the excavated tombs, with replicas of the burials, and a site museum.
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Archaeological site
Complejo Arqueológico de Túcume
The valley of the pyramids of Túcume, with 26 large adobe pyramids around Cerro Purgatorio, a late capital of the Lambayeque culture, later occupied by the Chimú and the Inca, with a viewpoint and a site museum.
Natural area
Santuario Histórico Bosque de Pómac
A protected area of dry algarrobo woodland, with over 5,800 hectares, that preserves the adobe pyramids of Batán Grande, the center of the Sicán culture, northern coastal bird species and an algarrobo known as the millenary tree.
Museum
Museo Nacional Sicán
The Ferreñafe museum dedicated to the Sicán or Lambayeque culture, with the reconstruction of the tomb of the Lord of Sicán, found in Batán Grande, funerary gold masks and tumis, the ceremonial knives.
Ruins
Ruinas de Zaña
The ruins of the old Spanish town of Zaña, founded in 1563 and abandoned after a pirate raid in 1686 and the floods of 1720, featuring arches and walls of the churches of San Agustín, San Francisco and La Merced. A place of memory for Afro-Peruvian culture.