Taking care of Chan Chan for future generations

Work on the restoration of Chan Chan is bringing the imperial city of the Chimu back to the way it used to be, when their kingdom ruled the northern deserts of the Peruvian coast from Tumbes to Lima. Recently, over two kilometers of walls have been restored by a team of 500 people. The walls are twelve meters high and four meters wide on their base; they surround three of the main palaces in the city: Tschudi, Bandelier, and Velarde.

 

Chan Chan is the largest adobe city of pre-Columbian America and is a UNESCO World Cultural Heritage Site since 1986; it was built by the skillful Chimus around 850 AD and fell under Inca domination in 1470 AD. The mud city of Chan Chan covers approximately twenty square kilometers and was home for over 100,000 people, it is located near the colonial city of Trujillo in northern Peru.