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Casa de la Emancipación
Now the Banco Continental building, the Casa de la Emancipación is where Trujillo's independence from colonial rule was formally declared on December 29, 1820.
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Casona Orbegoso
Casona Orbegoso, named after a former president of Peru, is a beautiful 18th-century manor with a collection of well-worn art and period furnishings.
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Iglesia de San Agustín
Iglesia de San Agustín has a finely gilded high altar and dates from 1558. Further southwest is Iglesia de Belén.
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Palacio Iturregui
The canary yellow 19th-century mansion Palacio Iturregui is unmistakable and impossible to ignore unless you're color-blind. Built in neoclassical style, it has beautiful window gratings, slender interior columns and gold moldings on the ceilings. General Iturregui lived here after he famously proclaimed independence.
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Plaza de Armas
Trujillo's spacious and fetching main square hosts an impressive statue dedicated to work, the arts and liberty. The plaza is fronted by the cathedral, begun in 1647, destroyed in 1759, and rebuilt soon afterward. The cathedral has a famous basilica and a museum of religious and colonial art.
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