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Tucume Pyramids

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Tucume Pyramids
Tucume Pyramids
Tucume Pyramids
Tucume Pyramids
Tucume Pyramids
Tucume Pyramids
Tucume Pyramids
Tucume Pyramids
Tucume Pyramids
Tucume Pyramids
Tucume Pyramids
Tucume Pyramids
Tucume Pyramids
Tucume Pyramids
Tucume Pyramids
Tucume Pyramids
Tucume Pyramids
Tucume Pyramids
Tucume Pyramids
Tucume Pyramids
Tucume Pyramids
Tucume Pyramids
Tucume Pyramids
Tucume Pyramids
Tucume Pyramids
Phone:
+51 74 835625

Hours:
Sunday8am - 4:30pm
Monday8am - 4:30pm
Tuesday8am - 4:30pm
Wednesday8am - 4:30pm
Thursday8am - 4:30pm
Friday8am - 4:30pm
Saturday8am - 4:30pm


Túcume is a pre-Hispanic site in Peru, south of the La Leche River on a plain around La Raya Mountain. It covers an area of over 540 acres and encompassing 26 major pyramids and mounds. The area is referred to as Purgatorio by local people. This site was a major regional center, maybe even the capital of the successive occupations of the area by the Lambayeque/Sican , Chimú and Inca . Local shaman healers invoke power of Tucume and La Raya Mountain in their rituals, and local people fear these sites. Hardly anyone other than healers venture out in this site at night. The vast plains of Túcume are part of the Lambayeque region, the largest valley of the north coast of Peru. The Lambayeque Valley is the site of scores of natural and man-made waterways and is also a region of about 250 decaying brick pyramids.
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