THE WALLS.
They date from the time Muslim, but contain also sillares Roman time. In the wall one preserves a total of 17 turns, some square and other rounds, all desperate with almenas, just like the walls. Doors which gave access to the city through the wall, three communicate the old district with the modern city: the door of San Andres, that Santiago and that of San Juan. Others give left to the field: That of the that, Horseshoe of Coria, that of Vera Croix and that of the Triumph, the latter owes its name that it was the door by which reached the Christian troops when they have conquered the city in 1232, contains in its interior several escudos peerage-books and also the escudo of Kings Catholics. All were improved or show additions of centuries XV and XVI.
OTHER BUILDINGS INNER THE WALLS:
The Church of Sta. María largest. It is the more important building of all those which are walls with inside. It acts of a work tardorrománica, built in the batch of what outside the Arab mosque until the S XIII. Take into account safe deposit of crucería. They underline in it: the abundant noble burials trujillanos and not trujillanos, and their larger challengeable, impressive of ends of the S XV, work of Galician Fernando, with invaluable oleos have close to the life of the Virgin, Jesus Passion and the Evangelists.
The Santiago’s Church. It was started to build in the S XIII. Founded by the Low wall, pertaining to the Santiago Order, in which we find their escudo many times. The escudo represents six crows with bread in the ends. Also in this church just like in the others of Trujillo there are many burials of noble knights, especially of the lines of the Low wall, Orellana, Loasia and Bejarano.
ALCAZARS:
The Santiago Door (of the Wall) rests this church and on the Alcazar of Chaves, which formed part of the system of defence of City, it lays out a tower which defends the door. Although the construction of Alcazar goes up at the time Alfonso XI, it is noble Luis of Chaves "what is old", that which gives him its current aspect. It was housing of Kings Catholics in 1477 and 1479.
Another Alcazar to be mentioned is of Altamiranos, popularly known like Alcazarejo, built in the S XIII, and with gate of the S XIV. Take into account two turns lopped, between which it underlines the escudo of Altamiranos.
Finally the Alcazar of Bejaranos, of which remainders of its two turns, all both of style mudéjar, one of they built in the S XIII.
Near of another of the doors of the Wall, the door of Coria, is other building of very important aspect of defence, it acts of the Museum of Coria, place which it should not cease being visited if one wants to include/understand Trujillo, since it explains the discovery of America in a pleasant and interesting way.
THE CASTLE:
It is set up all in top of the hill "cabezo of fox". It was built by what is Arab in the S X and XI, but it was reformed in posterior centuries. On one of his access doors, the inhabitant of the South, which gives sights to the city, one finds the sanctuary of the Virgin of the Victory, owner of Trujillo. The Castle has the splendid panoramic sights.
MOORE ABOUT ARABS AND ROMANS
Another sample of the Muslim art is the Cistern, place used to accumulate rainwater, located in Plazuela d' Altamirano, with a capacity of some ten meters of depth.
The Romans could also make constructions which they were used to accumulate of water, a sample of that in Trujillo is the Pond, acts of an enormous tank used like public baths, located close to the Church of San Andres.
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