La historia de una ciudad
Trujillo en Viajados

 

Casa Rural Las Canteras
Casa Rural Las Canteras

 

 

 

Centuries of history where the traveller can look at the past. It invites you to discover and enjoy its monuments, its well preserved medieval town. Trujillo it is open to the future. In the heart of Extremadura and just off the N-V motorway, it is conveniently placed to travel all around Extremadura from here.

Trujillo , a Celtiberian town, Turgalium, was one of the founding centres of the Roman empire from 206 b. c. till in 414 a . d. when it became under Visigoth domain. The Muslim domain in 714. The Christian Reconquest took place in 1232.

From the 12 th century the nobility and the clergy settle in Trujillo starting the construction of palaces, manor houses and churches. It is in the 15 th and 16 th centuries when it reaches its constructive heyday.

The guilds gain great power and importance in Trujilo. A great number of streets are still named after some of these guilds (“zurradores”, “tintoreros”…)

Nowadays Trujillo is a town comfortable, attractive and welcoming for the traveller