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Location:
North Coast. 
Area: 25 962 km2.
Capital: Trujillo (34 masl)
Altitude: Minimum: 3 masl (Salaverry)
Maximum: 4008 masl (Quiruvilca)
Trujillo
Trujillo is a friendly and colonial
city, which is at the same time one of the main economic
and cultural centers of northern Peru. What is more,
it is the capital of the marinera dance and Peruvian
El Paso horse breeding. It was the center of the Chimú
culture (1100-1400 AD), whose Chan Chan citadel is the
largest pre-Hispanic mud-brick construction in the Americas.
Trujillo was founded in 1534 as one
of the main cities in the vice-regency. The old quarter
features many fine colonial buildings such as the Cathedral,
the El Carmen monastery, churches and mansions which
symbolize the beauty and architectural harmony of the
city.
On
the city's outskirts, visitors can take in an older
style of architecture, where the remains of a pre-Hispanic
civilization still rear above the green fields and desert
sands. The Chan Chan citadel, th e
El Brujo complex and the temples of the Sun, the Moon
and the Dragon, amongst others, are evidence of highly
advanced northern civilizations.
Beaches near Trujillo are ideal for
visitors, not just because of the superb local seafood,
fresh caught, or the cool sea breeze, but also for the
opportunities to be had for adventure sports and contact
with tradition. Huanchaco is a picturesque fishing cove
where one can find the ancient craft that appeared on
Mochica pottery and on friezes at Chan Chan: the caballitos
de totora, rafts woven from the totora reed in an art
that has been handed down over generations. Similar
skill is shown by the surfing crowd, which year after
year gather in the port of Malabrigo, where a surfing
championship is staged every March. The local beaches
feature the world's longest waves.
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