Trujillo, La LibertadPERÚ

Location:

The Trujillo city is located on the north cost of Perú, region La Libertad to 34 meters above sea level.

Trujilllo province and 11 districts have area 1779 square kilometers.

Historical information

Historical information

The first civilizations in the region dates back more than ten thousand years old.Trujillo was the cradle of the Moche and Chimu civilizations, until the submission of the Inca culture

The Moche culture

Moche society, allowed a notable increase craftsmen, who played an important role in the application of proprietary technologies.

The Moche culture

Their pottery, called “huacos", whether sculpted, engraved or decorated, they are works of art in its perfection, are only comparable to the Greek or Egyptian sculptures

Trujillo Fundation

Trujillo was founded on December 6 of 1534 by Diego de Almagro, Spanish conquistador, and was called Villa de Trujillo in honor of the birthplace of Francisco Pizarro.

1st independence city

Independence was first proclaimed in the city of Trujillo on December 29, 1820. Later independence would be proclaimed in Lima on july 28, 1821

TRUJILLOTHE CITY OF THE ETERNAL SPRING

The city has a good climate on average 18 degree centigrade.

FACTS

La Libertad is one of the regions with the highest potential of Peru. It has high capacity agricultural, gold, industry and tourism. Your population is 1'859,640 people.

It is the first producer of asparagus, sugar cane, avocado, wheat, barley, yellow corn and watermelon. The region has 528,800 hectares of agricultural land

The main operation is gold, whose production in 2013 was 1 681 thousand ounces, this represents 32.4 % of Peruvian production.

Maps turist place Trujillo.

Huaca Esmeralda

Huaca Esmeralda

Chan chan

Chan chan

Huaca Arco Iris

Huaca del sol y la luna

Port Salverry

Huanchaco

The waves let you surf competitions and horse reed

Huanchaco Beach

Huanchaco is a beach of Trujillo. It is a very beautiful resort.

Huanchaco Beach

Horses Totora in Huanchaco - Trujillo. They are made of reeds, and huanchaqueros fishermen used to fish by hand. They fish to feed and sell the fish to keep.

Step horses are a major attraction of the city. Trujillo has the best horses over Peru

Ceviche

Trujillo is famous for its delicious food

Rice with duck

Trujillo is famous for its delicious food

Shambar

Trujillo is famous for its delicious food

Seco de Cabrito

Trujillo is famous for its delicious food

The Marinera

Our dancing

. Feast of Our Lady of the Door of Otuzco held in the month of December every year.Festivals, processions of the Virgin by Otuzco, also performed donkey race, bands of

musicians play and people worship the Mammy.

Bullfighting in Trujillo. Held in February in the bullring near the Palermo suburb

Carnivals Huanchaco (Trujillo) in February. In the city of Trujillo, some neighbors make a party in the street and put a tree decorated with gifts, they call PALO CILULO and dance around it.

Pelea de Gallos en Cartavio. Mi papás me contaban que en Cartavio,

los hombres llevan sus gallos al coliseo para hacer pelear a sus gallos.

Cockfight in Cartavio. My parents told me that in Cartavio, men wear their cocks to the coliseum to fight their roosters

To In Trujillo, some people have a skull dead at his home, and watch to take care of thieves and do not

It is also customary to plant a plant "San Pedro" in the garden of the house, because they say it does not let thieves into the house

Also we put the broom head, behind the door so you do not come undesirable

. Spring Festival in Trujillo. It is celebrated in September. Queens come from several countries, waripolas, and SPRING CORSO with floats decorated with flowers, where the queens are. also they play music and bands parade through the streets of Trujillo.