Chavin De Huantar

The Chavin Archeological complex is located at 109 km / 68 miles south of Huaraz. This Archeological complex was built around 1200 BC and discovered by Julio C. Tello in 1919. UNESCO placed it on the World Cultural Heritage List in 1985.

The complex includes ceremonial rooms and pyramidal structures built of massive stone blocks. The Old Temple has a group of subterranean galleries that open an access way to the Room of the Monolithic Lanzon, an impressive stone knife-like sculpture. This sculpture is 4.5 meter high (15 feet) and has been carefully engraved with feline, bird and snake designs, characteristic of the Chavin iconography.

Visiting Regulations

To help with preserving this invaluable archeological monument and world natural and cultural heritage site, we recommend you bear the following in mind:

• Bring drinks in canteens only
• Do not bring food or eat within the monument
• Do not climb the walls
• Put litter in the indicated trashcans
• Walk only on the signaled circuits

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