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Lima

Rafael Larco Herrera Archeologycal Museum

The Larco Museum is located in the Pueblo Libre District in Lima. The museum is housed in an 18th century vice-royal mansion built over a 7th century pre-Columbian pyramid. It boasts one of the world's largest collections of pre-Columbian art including Moche, Nazca, Chimú, and Inca pieces. It was one of the first museums in the world to put its entire 45,000 piece collection in an electronic catalog.

The Museum has several permanent exhibitions. The Gold and Silver Gallery showcases the biggest and finest collection of jewelry used by many notable rulers of pre-Columbian Peru. It comprises an impressive collection of crowns, earrings, nose ornaments, garments, masks and vases, finely wrought in gold and decorated with semi-precious stones. The Erotic Gallery has become one of South America's must-see attractions and its unrivaled, not only for its size, but also for the quality of the artistic workmanship. Ancient Peruvian cultures represented their daily lives in ceramics, and this gallery holds the world's biggest collection of erotic ceramic.

The Cultures Gallery exhibits 40,000 years of Peruvian pre-Columbian history. This chronology-based gallery provides visitors a comprehensive view of cultures that existed in pre-Columbian Peru through the absolute decadence of indigenous art resulting from the Spanish conquest in the 16th century. This hall is divided into four areas: North Coast, Center, South and cultures from the highlands. In addition to its permanent exhibits, the Larco Museum lends its collections to several museums and cultural centers around the world. Currently, there are exhibits in Tokyo, Japan and Budapest, Hungary.

The Museum of the Nation (El Museo de la Nación)

Opened in 1990, the museum exhibits have an educational focus and are arranged in chronological order to represent that different people that have inhabited Peru since pre-Columbian times, showing their expansion and influence, as well as their agricultural and economic development; including an impressive collection of Moche, Nazca, and Wari ceramics.

The museum also houses reproductions of many famous ancient Andean artifacts, most notably the Lanzón, a recreation of the burial chamber of the Lord of Sipan (El Señor de Sipán), and the famous Revolt of the Objects Mural.

Pachacamac Remains

Pachacamac is the oldest known pre-Columbian religious-ceremonial center and lies 31 km. south of Lima. The center is dedicated to the god Pachacamac and contains four separate generations of temple constructions. When the Inca expansion reached this area they built the Temple of the Sun, or Punchao Cancha and the Temple of the Moon, or Accllawasi, which, under Inca rule, was attended by virgins, called Mamacunas. The Site Museum exhibits ancient weavings, quipus (knotted strings of varying lengths apparently used by the Incas as a system of accounting), and ceramics representing scenes from the daily life of the local people, among other items.


Round Trips	Regional Trips	Adventure Trips	Luxury Tours

Discover the Empire of the Incas 5 D / 4 N - from $639 Best of the Andes and exotic jungle 10 D / 9 N - from $1189 Best of the Andes and exotic jungle II 9 D / 8 N - from $1159 Best of the Andes 10 D / 9 N - from $1029 Peru Overview 15 D / 14 N - from $1689	Lima, City of Kings 5 D / 4 N - from $199 The Enigma of the Nazca Lines and the Beauty of the Paracas National Reserve 2 D / 1 N - from $239 Discover the Empire of the Incas 4 D / 3 N - from $479 Life at Lake Titicaca 3 D / 2 N - from $209 The great Colca Canyon and the big condor 4 D / 3 N - from $279 Exotic Southern Jungle 3 D / 2 N - from $329 Upper Amazonas 4 D / 3 N - from $329 The Lord of Sipan & Chan Chan 2 D / 1 N - from $419	Rafting at the Urubamba 5 D / 4 N - from $2589 Follow the Inca path 7 D / 6 N - from $1009 Classic Inca Trail 4 D / 3 N - from $2589 Salcantay Trek to Machu Picchu 5 D / 4 N - from $2589	"Our luxury trips offer the best Peru has to offer. These packages are aimed at the more discerning client who wishes to have the more personal or private touch to their holiday. More info"

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