Huaca del Sol y Huaca del Luna, Moche, Peru

Artist/Designer: Moche People

Project Location: Trujillo, Peru

Figure 1 ( Source | Accessed : February 10, 2023 | Photographer: Roberto Young )

Figure 2: Huacas del Sol y la Luna - Trujillo ( Source | Photographer: Roberto Young )

Figure 3: Huaca de la Luna: Frisco ( Source | Photographer: David Almeida )

Figure 4 ( Source | Photographer: Maria Victoria Rodriguez )

Figure 5 ( Source | Photographer: Maria Victoria Rodriguez )

Figure 6 ( Source | Photographer: Maria Victoria Rodriguez )

Figure 7 ( Source | Photographer: Maria Victoria Rodriguez )

Figure 8 ( Source | Photographer: Marco Silva Navarrete )

Figure 9: Huaca del Sol y de la Luna ( Source | Photographer: Marco Silva Navarrete )

Figure 10 ( Source | Photographer: fromhomeparacasa )

Figure 11 ( Source | Photographer: fromhomeparacasa )

Figure 12: Huaca de la Luna ( Source | Photographer: David Almeida )

Figure 13 ( Source | Photographer: David Almeida )

Figure 14 ( Source | Photographer: Maria Victoria Rodriguez )

Figure 15: Painted walls and stairs at the adobe temple of Huaca de la Luna ( Source | Photographer: Carsten ten Brink )

Figure 16: Exterior of Huaca del Sol ( Source )

Style/Period(s):
Indigenous Design

Primary Material(s):
Brick

Function(s):
Religious Building

Related Website(s):

UCEDA, SANTIAGO. “Investigations at Huaca de La Luna, Moche Valley: An Example of Moche Religious Architecture.” Studies in the History of Art 63 (2001): 46–67 | Accessed : February 10, 2023

Historian Santiago Uceda | Accessed : February 10, 2023

Significant Date(s):
6th Century

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Project Description:

Building Address:
Valle de Moche, Moche, Peru

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Significant Dates:
500 AD - the century in which the two temples were built

Associated Projects:
Tombs in Sipán, Huaca Cao Viejo, and La Mina.

Tags:
Ancient Civilisations, Temple, Peru

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