Casma Valley
The
Casma Valley is a coastal valley situated about 400 km north of
Lima,
Peru, and lying between the towns of
Chimbote and
Huarmey. It is notable for its archaelogical sites related to the
Pre-Columbian Chavín culture, such as stone-faced pyramids at
Moxeco and
Palka and one of the oldest known sites in Peru (approx.
1600 BC), that of a temple at
Sechín. The valley contains the once important and small town of
Casma, which had to be rebult after being destroyed by an
earthquake on
May 31 1970.
