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Huaca de la Luna | |
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Coordinates | 8°8′5.93″S 78°59′27.40″W / 8.1349806°S 78.9909444°W |
Established | Mochica era |
Huaca de la Luna ("Temple or Shrine of the Moon") is a large adobe brick structure built mainly by the Moche people of northern Peru.[1] Along with the Huaca del Sol, the Huaca de la Luna is part of Huacas de Moche, which is the remains of an ancient Moche capital city called Cerro Blanco, by the volcanic peak of the same name.