Trujillo

Trujillo rises up from the fertile fields like a great granite schooner under full sail. Up top, the rooftops and towers seem medieval. Down below, Renaissance architecture flourishes in squares such as the Plaza Mayor, with its elegant San Martín church. The storks' nests that top many towers in and around the old town have become a symbol of Trujillo. Dating back at least to Roman times, the city was captured from the Moors in 1232 and colonized by a number of leading military families.