TRUJILLO
Online Encyclopedia
Originally appearing in Volume
V27,
Page 323
of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
TRUJILLO
, a town of Spain, in the province of Caceres; on a See also: - HILL
- HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
- HILL, A
- HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
- HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
- HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
- HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
- HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
- HILL, JAMES J
- HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
- HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
- HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
- HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
- HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)
25 m. east of Caceres, and on the river Tozo, a sub-tributary of the Tagus
.
Pop
.
(1900), 12,512
.
The surrounding country is rugged, but produces wheat, wine, oils and fruit, besides livestock of all sorts, and much phosphorite
.
There are valuable forests close to the town
.
In the oldest part of Trujillo are the remains of a castle said to be of Roman origin, but rebuilt by the Moors and restored in modern times
.
The Julia tower is also said to be Roman, like much of the fortifications
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The Roman name for the town was Turgalium
.
The principal parish See also: - CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
, Santa Maria, is a fine Gothic structure of the 15th century
.
Trujillo was a town of importance in the middle ages
.
Pizarro, the conqueror of Peru, was born here about 1471, and built a palace, which still stands, in the main square of the town
.
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