Huaca de Santa Ana, Archaeological site in Lima District, Peru

Huaca de Santa Ana was an oracle of the Rímac river valley; its site lies today within the Church of Santa Ana in Lima District, near Plaza Italia. No adobe walls or excavated structures are visible: the huaca survives only as the location beneath the church, next to the old Hospital de Santa Ana.

The Huaca de Santa Ana was an oracle of the Rímac river valley before the Spanish founding of Lima. Its site lies in what is now the Church of Santa Ana, near Plaza Italia, where the Hospital de Santa Ana, one of Lima's oldest, was later opened. The oracle predates the colonial church built over it.

The oracle stood in the Rímac valley, near what became the Plaza Italia; the Church of Santa Ana was later built over it, and the Hospital de Santa Ana, one of Lima's oldest, opened nearby. Visitors today see the church on the site, not excavated adobe rooms.

The oracle lies beneath the Church of Santa Ana, near Plaza Italia in Lima District, so the visit is to the church itself rather than to excavated ruins. Look for the building at the Plaza Italia end of the historic centre; the Hospital de Santa Ana, one of Lima's oldest, stands nearby.

The oracle stood beside the Rímac at the spot later occupied by the Church of Santa Ana, near Plaza Italia. The Hospital de Santa Ana, one of Lima's oldest, was founded nearby, so the sacred site and the hospital share the same name and a small patch of the city.