Lambayeque, Peru
Chotuna-Chornancap
The Chotuna Chornancap Archaeological Complex is an archaeological site in Lambayeque district, Lambayeque province, Lambayeque Region, 14.5 kilometres north-west of Chiclayo, Peru of a set of truncated pyramids and compounds, highlighting two pyramids: Chotuna and Chornancap, the first of them believed to be related to the legend of Naylamp. Chotuna was a ceremonial center of the Sican culture, one of the cultures of Pre-Columbian Peru, which developed between the years 700 to 1300 AD. Later the Chimu and then the Inca occupation followed.
- City
- Lambayeque
- Country
- Peru
- Category
- Historic
- Suggested visit
- About 90 minutes
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