Museum of Tucume is awarded Best World Tourism Project

The newly opened Museum of Site Tucume in Lambayaque (north of Chiclayo), was awarded "Best World Tourism Project" award from the Association of British Travel Writers (BGTW) due to the tourism potential of the place and the social work done with communities area.

"The Tucume Museum has been honored with this award thanks to his visit in June this year, the British travel writer and author of the book" Trekking in Peru ', Hilary Bradt, who fell in love with this cultural center, "said Minister of Foreign Trade and Tourism, Magali Silva.

The award was presented in November 2015, but the last last weekend proceeded with the official presentation of this distinction in the new premises of the museum, where they unveiled their new identity as 'eco-museum'.

"This is a new concept for Peru, through which communities can preserve, interpret and evaluate their assets for sustainable development," said Alfredo Narvaez, founding director of the Museum of Tucume.

Source: Peru21.

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VALLEY OF THE PYRAMIDS IN THE HEART OF LAMBAYEQUE

In Lambayeque, 33 kilometers north of Chiclayo, can be found the Valley of the Pyramids of Tucume. It is a complex of 26 pyramids made of adobe (clay and sand), also called temples.

These majestic pyramids are up to 40 meters high and cover about 220 hectares surrounding a hill known as “El Purgatorio” (Purgatory), from where you can see the entire valley.

It is known that this area was built around 700 AD, and passed through the hands of the Lambayeque, Chimu and Inca cultures. Travelers can see temples, courtyards, halls and warehouses between these buildings.

In the valley you can take tours through all of the museums, participate in archaeological research and healing rituals, as well as other traditions.

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Archaeological site was found in Zaña precedent of the Mochicas

An archaeological finding about "Mata Indio" hill makes archeologists to think that the Archaeological Site in Zaña, would be the precedent of the Moche Sanctuaries. In this site there has been found a small temple, which according to Walter Alva respectable team, has ancestry Moche.

In April of this year began the excavation work in the area, with the purpose of knowing mochicas villages and the origins of this culture. One thinks that these small temples could be the precedents of the big sanctuaries or administrative centers in Moche's final stage.

In the surroundings of these enclosures they have found cemeteries that have been stripped throughout the years. In the interior of the constructions have been found a series of occupations, in the center the Early Mochica, then Chimú and Lambayeque, respectively.

Inside of the enclosure  they have found fragments of Mochica ceramics and in the top part four funeral contexts belonging to the Lambayeque Culture.

The lowest platforms were painted by colors white and yellow, that would have been the most ancient building of this place and corresponded to the Mochica period.

Weather has affected these constructions, mainly because for the intense  rains, for which it was extended and remodeled in different times by the former Peruvians. The way to cross the desert towards the valleys of the south, are appellants.

The work of excavation continues in Chancay's Valley, in the monumental site known as " The Victory", located between the districts of Pomalca and Tumán, which also tracks of the Mochica culture has been found.

If you want to visit Zaña, this is located half hour from Chiclayo's city. Other attraction is the Museum Afro- Peruvian from Zaña, which speaks of the African Diaspora and the instruments and the contribution of the Afro- Peruvian are kept in force.

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Peru: Entrepreneurs to boost Lambayeque tourism

Entrepreneurs of the Chamber of Commerce and Production of the Lambayeque region, through its institutional guild, will promote the new touristic routes of the Lambayeque region. 

The move intends to increase the amount of visitors, it was informed.

According to Nino Onofre, representative of the Tourism guild attached to the Chamber of Commerce, a “contribution of the private sector” will seek to position Lambayeque as one of the most important tourism destinations in the world.

Among its attractions are: The Santuario Bosque de Poma, Chotuna and the Pimentel Beaches.

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Local residents help preserve archaeological site in Lambayeque, Peru

The town of Ventarron, which houses the archaeological complex of the same name, has become a model of communal participation.

Local residents of this town, located in the district Pomalca, in Lambayeque region, have realized that taking care of these ancient ruins, which were previously used as a quarry to produce bricks, can also improve their living conditions.

Therefore, everyone is now involved in making their town a new tourist destination in Lambayeque.

Ignacio Alva Meneses, the resident archaeologist of the complex, and the manager of this project, found here in 2007 what is considered at present the oldest polychrome mural of America in this place, that has been called Templo del Venado Cautivo (Temple of Captive Deer), which depicts hunting scenes from ancient times.

The place also contains a series of tombs and a singular cross-shaped structure also known as chakana, a quechua name.

More Info:
Introduction to the Archaeologicalof the North of Peru