Wednesday, February 10, 2010

Tourists visit archaeological ruins in Trujillo despite heavy rains

High-relief friezes on the walls of Huaca de la Luna. Photo: Juan Carlos Guzmán Negrini.
Despite heavy rains that lashed the northern city of Trujillo the past four days, a total of 1404 Peruvian and foreign tourists have visited the archaeological complex of Huaca del Sol y La Luna in La Libertad region.

Archaeological site director Ricardo Morales pointed out that bad weather has not affected tourist arrivals.

“On average, a little over 300 domestic and 396 foreign tourists visit the ruins of Huaca de la Luna everyday,” he explained.

Morales mentioned that during the rainy days the protection systems worked well protecting areas of the monument from being affected by the water.

Around 11000 square meters of the archeological area are protected with permanent and temporal coatings that work with modern systems of drainage.

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Source: Andina News