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Colonial Tourism in Spanish Trujillo.

by Robert Kittilson | 1 January 2010 No Comment

Guidebooks call Trujillo one of the most colonial cities in Peru. Founded in 1534, Trujillo has managed to preserve many of its Colonial- and Republican-era homes, the Casonas Antiguas. Some of these Stately Old Homes have been preserved as museums, some restored for use as banks, some gutted and reborn as supermarkets, and some are quietly decaying behind locked doors. The best-preserved have been singled out in tourism literature, but the city’s history is not contained in these monuments only.

Here is a quick photo essay about Trujillo’s colonial past. Check out Jessie’s blog post about our wanderings.

Coat of arms outside of the only remaining part of the permiter wall that once surrounded the city of Trujillo.

Coat of Arms.

A beautiful big courtyard in a original Colonial home in Trujillo, Peru. The building now operates as a private club.

Grandeur.

A ornamental door piece just below a old skeleton keyhole.

Lock and she.

Door studs on a centuries old door in downtown Trujillo, Peru.

Door nipples.

Big carved door.

Big door.

Door knocker in the shape of a hand with a ball in it.

Knocker

Floor of a Colonial home in Trujillo, Peru.

Rocks

A pillar in a colonial home in Trujillo, Peru.

Pillar of light and shadow

Lion's head knocker on a door in Colonial Trujillo, Peru.

Lion

 

Flickr Slide Show.


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I am an Ex-Bike Messenger turned freelance photographer that loves: Bicycles, Fútbol and Beer or any food that tastes good. See all posts by Robert Kittilson

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