The Tumbes Reales Museum

Around Chiclayo

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April 28th 2006
I bet you didn´t expect to hear from me again so soon! In the last blog I didn´t talk about the tourist sites we´ve visited around Chiclayo. There are quite a few vestiges of old (pre-inca) civilisations in the region, some of them were only discovered half a century ago (the famous Sipan Lord). We spent a day visiting the Tucume Pyramids, which are the remains of a city part of the Lambayeque/ ... read more

South America » Peru » Lambayeque » Chiclayo

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Ancient Peru was the seat of several prominent Andean civilizations, most notably that of the Incas whose empire was captured by the Spanish conquistadors in 1533. Peruvian independence was declared in 1821, and remaining Spanish forces defeated in 1... ... read more