In Trujillo (a photo gallery)

April 20, 2024

For me, Trujillo is really an exceptional place, a town like Caceres that almost overwhelms you with all there is to see and appreciate. Even with this being our third time here I found myself constantly stopping to gaze with amazement at some new exceptional sightline. If I tried to say anything more about it though I’ll never get caught up.

Trujillo’s Plaza Major must be one of the most distinctive such spaces in Spain, somewhere you could never mistake for anywhere else.

This is the third time we’ve come to Trujillo, and today’s conditions are by far the best. For one thing, it’s nice to have blue skies rather than the rain we saw both times before. And, it’s stork season.

The Alifer Tower would be eye-catching even without the storks.

The ornate Palace of the Marquis of the Conquest, built and owned by the Pizarro family on riches brought back by Francisco Pizarro from his conquest of the Incas.

Details from the roofline of the palace.

Trujillo’s castle has Moorish origins, built in the 9th century.

#220: Pallid swift. Very similar to common swifts, except for their pale, whitish forehead. Swifts are nearly impossible to photograph because they’re in constant, fast, erratic motion. If I tried harder I could have included a terrible photo of a crag-martin (#221), another hopelessly difficult subject.

A view north from the fortress. It looks like there’s evidence of a village or cluster of homes down there.

Some old gate or another, with a Eurasian blackbird.

There’s no shortage of interesting doors in Trujillo.

The Plaza Major, from the front of the ajuntamiento.

Francisco Pizarro, conqueror of the Incas.

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