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9 Trujillo palaces and convents built
with New World wealth. It has
Cáceres. * 9,600. @ n Plaza
Mayor, 927 32 26 77. ( Thu. _ an elaborate corner window
Chíviri (Easter Sun), Feria del Queso with carved stone heads of
(weekend of 1 May). the Pizarro brothers and their
∑ turismotrujillo.com Inca wives. The beautiful 16th-
century Palacio de Juan Pizarro
When the Plaza Mayor of the de Orellana was built by
medieval hilltop town of Trujillo descend ants of Francisco de
is floodlit at night, it is one of the Orellana, the explorer of
most beautiful squares in Spain. Ecuador and the Amazon.
By day, there is much to visit, In late April or early May,
including the Iglesia de Santa gourmets flock here for the
María la Mayor, on one of the four-day cheese fair.
town’s winding streets, which Statue of Francisco Pizarro in Trujillo’s
contains various sarcophagi. main square P Islamic Fortress
At the top of the hill is an Paseo Ruiz de Mendoza 8. Open daily.
11th-century Islamic fortress Francisco Pizarro, who conquered & 8
with spectacular views over Peru (see p62), of whom there P Palacio de Juan Pizarro
the square, the town and the is a statue in the main square. de Orellana
surroundings. Trujillo was His brother, Hernando Pizarro, Plaza de Don Juan Tena (access
the birthplace of several founded the Palacio del Marqués via the convent). Tel 927 32 11 58.
conquistadors, most notably de la Conquista, one of several Open 10am–dusk daily.

The Virgin of Guadalupe,
her face blackened by smoke
from smouldering lamps, is
worshipped by pilgrims from
Gothic around the world. She is kept
cloister in the camarín, and dressed
up for feast days. On her lap
sits the infant Jesus.

Embroidery museum
Painting and
sculpture
museum

Church

The chapterhouse The sacristy
has 97 illuminated contains Zurbarán’s
manuscripts by the Father Gonzalo de
monks of Guadalupe. Illescas at Work.

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