Within the ruins of Chan Chan is this Huachaque or ceremonial well from which they obtained water without having a river nearby, possibly the largest

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Within the ruins of Chan Chan is this Huachaque or ceremonial well from which they obtained water without having a river nearby, possibly the largest pre-Columbian city in South America, capital of the Chimú people. Maybe the biggest adobe city in the world. A few miles from Trujillo.

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