Trujillo, Cáceres

Trujillo and its natural environment compose one of the most representative landscapes and historical-artistic spaces of Extremadura and the western Iberian Peninsula. Located to the east of the province of Cáceres, on the axis of the main route from Madrid-Lisbon (A-5), it is founded on a characteristic granite batholith that emerges in the middle of the Cáceres plain. It constitutes a privileged hillock which dominates a landscape full of granite berrocals, meadows of oak trees, river beds and pseudosteppe.

The configuration of this promontory, dominating all its surrounding space, was surely crucial for its formation as an inhabited enclave since prehistoric times, and it continued to be in its process of consolidation and historical evolution, both in Roman and medieval times.

The Historical Complex of Trujillo, formed by the enclosure and expanded by the Wall and extensions from the Late Middle Ages and the beginning of the Modern Era, was declared an Asset of Cultural Interest in 1962. It is a site that extends over the southern outskirts of the hill on which the Castle, formerly the Alcazaba, stands. It is made up of a network of narrow streets irregular in design, adapted to the topography. The town is organized around the Plaza Mayor, a large civic space, representative of the town’s golden era. It stands out both for its size and for the presence of important architectural pieces, such as the Church of San Martín or the palaces of San Carlos, the Toledo Orellana or the Marqués de la Conquista.

In addition to its Historic Site, Trujillo has another 8 items which have also been declared of Cultural Interest, among which the Castle or Alcazaba, the Church of Santa María la Mayor, the Plaza Mayor and its main palaces and manor houses stand out. It also houses an extensive group of buildings included in the inventory of the Historical Heritage of Extremadura.