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Batán Grande, also called Sicán, lies in the La Leche valley on the northern coast of Peru. Its great adobe pyramids formed the centre of the Sicán culture, whose craftspeople produced finely worked objects of gold and other metals. Sicán flourished for centuries before its political power gave way to the neighbouring Chimú kingdom around the late fourteenth century. The monumental mounds and rich burials recall the wealth once concentrated in this valley.