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The Huaca del Dragon, also called ''Huaca del Arco Iris'' is an
archeological site An archaeological site is a place (or group of physical sites) in which evidence of past activity is preserved (either prehistoric or historic or contemporary), and which has been, or may be, investigated using the discipline of archaeology an ...
located in the
Peru Peru, officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in western South America. It is bordered in the north by Ecuador and Colombia, in the east by Brazil, in the southeast by Bolivia, in the south by Chile, and in the south and west by the Pac ...
vian city of Trujillo, near
Chan Chan Chan Chan (), sometimes itself called Chimor, was the capital city of the Chimor kingdom. It was the largest city of the pre-Columbian era in South America. It is now an archeological site in the department of La Libertad west of Trujillo, P ...
. It is a large religious monument, administrative and ceremonial center. It is constructed of adobe, with murals decorated with
friezes In classical architecture, the frieze is the wide central section of an entablature and may be plain in the Ionic or Corinthian orders, or decorated with bas-reliefs. Paterae are also usually used to decorate friezes. Even when neithe ...
in relief showing human figures and representing a
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.


Description

Upon entering the Huaca a ramp leads to the first level. Figures carved on the walls take the form of a dragon (hence its name). Another ramp, smaller than the first, leads to the second level. This level hosts pits, which were possibly used to store food.


See also

* Iperu, tourist information and assistance *
Tourism in Peru Since the 2000s, Tourism in Peru has made up the nation's third largest industry, behind fishing and mining. Tourism is directed towards archaeological monuments, ecotourism in the Peruvian Amazon, cultural tourism in colonial cities, gastrono ...
*
Huaca del Sol The Huaca del Sol is an adobe brick pyramid built by the Moche civilization (100 AD to 800 AD) 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 dese ...
*
Chan Chan Chan Chan (), sometimes itself called Chimor, was the capital city of the Chimor kingdom. It was the largest city of the pre-Columbian era in South America. It is now an archeological site in the department of La Libertad west of Trujillo, P ...
*
Huaca Esmeralda The Huaca La Esmeralda is an archaeological building belonging to the Chimu culture, is located in the Peruvian city of Trujillo, Peru, Trujillo. It is estimated that the adobe construction was done during the first stage of development of the Ch ...
*
Chimu Chimor (also Kingdom of Chimor or Chimú Empire) was the political grouping of the Chimú culture (). The culture arose about 900 CE, succeeding the Moche culture, and was later conquered by the Inca emperor Topa Inca Yupanqui around 1470, f ...
* Chotuna-Chornancap


References


Further reading

* Kubler, George. (1962). ''The Art and Architecture of Ancient America'', Ringwood: Penguin Books Australia Ltd., pp. 247–274


External links


Location of Huaca del Dragón in Trujillo (Wikimapia)

Attractions in Trujillo, Peru

UNESCO World Heritage Center: Chan Chan



Chan Chan information



Heavy Rains Threaten Ancient City in Northern Peru

Archaeologists Restore High Adobe Walls in Ancient Chimu City of Chan Chan
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