Santiago de Huamán, Peru

Peru

Santiago de Huamán, Peru shares 6 connections with 71 other places across 5 topics, spanning religion, festivals, archaeology, government, and history. Its historic church anchors the Lord of Huaman Festival, a tradition more than 300 years old that draws pilgrims each May for novenas, rosaries, and confession. The church was once maintained by Mercedarian friars. The surrounding territory was part of the Moche and Chimú cultures, and the place appears in historical records tied to colonial-era land holdings documented by Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala. Shared connections link it to Trujillo and Moche, Peru.