Lambayeque · Peru
In the destination Chiclayo and Lambayeque.
In the photo: Plaza de Armas de Lambayeque
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The city
Lambayeque, 12 km from Chiclayo, was founded in the mid-16th century as San Pedro de Lambayeque and gives its name to the department. It houses the Museo Tumbas Reales de Sipán, with the gold of the Lord of Sipán, and the Museo Brüning, with goldsmithing and ceramics from various cultures. The town center has the church of San Pedro and colonial mansions like the Casa de la Logia, and to the west lies the Chotuna-Chornancap complex, linked to the legend of Ñaimlap.
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The local experience
The museum shaped like a Moche pyramid that houses the gold and the tomb of the Lord of Sipán, found in 1987 at Huaca Rajada, with more than 2,000 pieces of gold, silver and shells and a reconstruction of the funerary chamber.
The archaeological museum of Lambayeque, created in 1921 from the collections of Hans Heinrich Brüning, with more than 1,400 pieces from the Lambayeque, Moche, Chavín, Vicús and Inca cultures and a goldsmithing room.
The center of the old San Pedro de Lambayeque, with the church of San Pedro, the main square and colonial mansions such as the Casa de la Logia, with a long wooden balcony overlooking the street.
A ceremonial center of the Lambayeque culture west of the city, with the adobe pyramids of Chotuna and Chornancap, linked to the legend of Ñaimlap, where the tomb of the priestess of Chornancap was found. It has a site museum.
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