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The largest adobe city in the Americas, the Chimú capital, with walls carved in fish and bird patterns.

Photo: Håkan Svensson · CC BY-SA 3.0
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Half a day

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The largest adobe city in the Americas, the Chimú capital, with walls carved in fish and bird patterns.

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