Huaca del Sol
Ancient city · Peru
- Abandoned
- unknown
- Founded
- —
- Population
- —
- Coordinates
- -8.132, -78.995
Why it was abandoned
🏛️ Ancient ruins
Based on the object's type in Wikidata.
History
The Huaca del Sol is an adobe brick pyramid built by the Moche civilization on the northern coast of what is now Peru. The pyramid is one of several ruins found near the volcanic peak of Cerro Blanco, in the coastal desert near Trujillo at the Moche Valley. The other major ruin at the site is the nearby Huaca de la Luna, a better-preserved but smaller temple.