The largest Pre-Columbian city in South America, Chan
Chan is an archaeological site located in the Peruvian region of La
Libertad, five km west of Trujillo. Chan Chan covers an area of approximately
20 km² and had a dense urban center of about 6 km². Chan Chan was
constructed by the Chimor (the kingdom of the Chimú), a late intermediate
period civilization which grew out of the remnants of the Moche civilization.
The vast adobe city of Chan Chan was built by the Chimu around AD 850 and
lasted until its conquest by the Inca Empire in AD 1470. It was the imperial
capital of the
