5 km / 3 miles southeast of Casma (10 minutes by car). Visiting hours: Mon. Sun. 8:00 A.M. 5:00 P.M. This adobe and stone ceremonial center belonging to the Sechin Culture (1800 B.C. 800 B.C.) features a wall covered with carefully carved stones outside of the entrance and a painted wall on the inside. The museum offers information about the main pre-Hispanic cultures that settled in the region like the Moche, the Wari, the Chimu, the Casma, and the Inca; it also displays the objects found during the excavations on the archeological sites of the CasmaValley, especially ceramics. |
