After visiting Machu Picchu, one of the surrounding attractions, this is a place with relatively few tourists, the Sun Temple and the Moon Temple are also important places for local sacrifices, and the scale is quite large.
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Huaca del Sol y la Luna Highlights: Must-See Features and Attractions
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The Temple of the Sun and the Temple of the Moon is one of the more important sites in Trujillo during the Moche period. The Sun Temple of the Incas was called "Krigancha", which means the Golden Garden. The most important annual sacrifice of the Inca Empire, the "Sun Festival", was held in the Sun Temple. The Sun Temple here is the largest building in Peru's pre-Columbian period, built with 140 million adobes. The relatively small Temple of the Moon has many rooms decorated with beautiful frieze, a famous product of the Moche culture. It is said that the walls of these temples are decorated with gold leaf, and the windows of the temples are narrow at the top and wide at the bottom, and have a unique shape, which was originally made of gold and silver. However, these are all gone today.
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Huaca del Sol y la Luna Reviews: Insider Insights and Visitor Experiences
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After visiting Machu Picchu, one of the surrounding attractions, this is a place with relatively few tourists, the Sun Temple and the Moon Temple are also important places for local sacrifices, and the scale is quite large.
The Temple of the Sun and the Temple of the Moon are a temporary attraction in Gasai after our trip to Machu Picchu. Although it is not so spectacular and visually tired compared to Machu Picchu, it is also a historical attraction that feels shocking.
We visited Machu Picchu and Mount Huayna Picchu. It was suggested that we pass the Moon Temple when we descended in Huayna Picchu. We regret it! The Moon Temple and the Great Cave were nice to see, but not really amazing. The detour was very heavy (very steep downhill, then walk back to Machu Picchu again). So when we finally got back to Machu Picchu, we were exhausted and regretted having lost all of our precious Machu Picchu day! So if you have a day in Machu Picchu, it is good to visit Huayna Picchu because you have always had a good view of the MP relics. But on the standard route up the mountain, avoid the Moon Palace roundabout!
Our boat stopped at Sarawari, about 30 minutes by taxi from this place. Then waited about 15 minutes, waiting for the start of the English group, followed by a 45 minute trip. Worth it. Some people don't get to that place by not going, but once they go, it's not particularly difficult.
The Solar and Moon Temple Archaeology Project (HSHLAP) is one of the largest archaeological research projects in Peru and the Americas since 1991, with unique scope and complexity of the project.