Team Marin Travel Services - About Trujillo

Information about Trujillo, Honduras Central America.

TRUJILLO

01) Trujillo has many lovely white sand Beachesan a quiet turquoise sea, a bank of te sea star in the bay, and even coral reefs in a place known as **Cayo Blanco**,
Close to the Garifuna Village of Santa Fe. If you have a wide-ranging idea a perfect vacation, Trujillo offer numerous options to make your dream vacation come true, from five-star Hotels to a tent in the beach,from elegant restaurant to the simple happiness that comes from having dinner in a candle-lit table with the soothing sound of waves hitting the beach in the background.

The next trime you want to enjoy the warmth and hospitality of the Honduras Caribean Cost, you should visit the city of Trujillo, where you will find a town with almost five century of history, surrounded by amazing landscapes and the most beautiful beaches, wich will make you remember it forever.

TRUJILLO BAY

02) one of the most beautiful places in the caribbean coast of honduras is, without a doubt, the Trujillo Bay, It has several natural attractions, such as reefs, beaches and a bank of sea stars which have made the bay a beautiful place you cannot afford to miss . you can enjoy one of the most impressive views of the bay from the capiro y calentura national park Every June 24, trujillo celebrates its annual fair in honor of saint John the Baptist, a time when music, canivals and cultural events are waiting for you. The hot springs are a natural attraction located just 3 kilometers from Trujillo , and you can get there by taking the road to the city of Tocoa . There, you can enjoy a massage and relax in their warm waters.

HISTORY

03) Founded in 1525, trujillo is a beautiful city on the caribbean coast, with beautiful, beaches, stunning landscapes and a rich colonial history, since it was one of the main ports used by the spanish crown in the caribbean during the XVI and XVII centuries. Punta Caxinas was the first place the spaniards reached in the American continent, and according to oral tradition, it was also the the place where they held the first mass in continental soil. The importance of Trujillo’s port declined after some years due to the threat of attacks from pirates and its proximity to the region of la Mosquitia that at the time had continuous rebellions instigated by the British, who wanted to take over this rich region, abundant in wild cocoa, indigo plants and timber. Due to the British hegemony in this zone, the principal economic activities moved to the Guf of Honduras, specifically to the port of omoa, also because of its convenient location to defend against the attacks from dreadful buccaneers and pirates who prowled around the caribbean. The city of Trujillo maintains its legacy from the spanish colonial times and its impressive vestiges. The recently-restored Santa Barbara fortress may be the most important one of all. Trujillo also features ist old Cementery and San Juan Bautista Cathedral, which have been declared national monuments, as well as Don Rufino Galan Museum, where you can admire a miscellaneous collection of pre-Hispanic, colonial and modern local artifacts.unfornately, continuous attacks from pirates and subsequent fires and looting have destroyed most of the original colonial buildings, but Trujillo’s Historial center still preserves beautiful buildings of styles resulting from the varied commercial activity of the port, in a rich blend of single-story buildings of spanish colonial architecture and two-story structures of different European styles.

ATTACKS FROM PIRATES.

04)Since Trujillo was one of the main ports of the spanish crown at the beginning of the colonization of the Americas, it was constatly under attack from pirates and buccaneers. The first attack from were reported in the middle of the XVI Century. French pirates threatened the spanish ships because of the war between Francis I, King of France, and charles V, King of spain, in from of the spanish coats at first, and afterwards they literally hunted every spanish ship that sailed in the atlantic. Later, pirates from other countries began to cruise along the caribbean looking for an easy loot. In numerous occasions, the atacks were so severe that the city was about to be abandoned for most of the XVIII century, ,making the spanish authorities to tri to resettle the city in 1789 by sendyng new colonizers from Europe to revive the historic city and port of Trujillo.

HISTORICAL CENTER

05) Trijullo has played an important role throughout the history of Honduras, since it was one of the first settlements founded by the spanish colonizers. The city was growing and also becoming one of the main ports of the spanish crow. Trujillo was so important that its administration depended directly from the General captaincy of Guatemala, and its administration way transferred to Comayagua just at the end of the spanish colony. The city’s historical center is a rich blend of different European styles, and even with a little American influence, which started when the American banana companies were established in the city . Originally of a Spanish design, the second stories of many buildings were adapted to diverse European styles. As a result of the influence of many immigrants that once they settled in city, they began to have an effect on Trujillo’s architectural style, but always keeping the spanish design in their first story.

Unfortunately, the constant attaks and massive fires that the city endured during ist history have partially destroyed some of its buildings, and they have somewhat diminished the beauty and splendor that Trujillo had in the past.

Gradually, the citizens of Trujillo have become aware of the importance of keeping and preserving the axisting structures, and the works to restore and organize the area of Historical center have already begun. Since it was declared a national monument in 1990, there have bean several efforts to maintain it and preserve it for the future generation, so that they would learn more about our rich colonial past and the important role of Trujillo during that critical period of our national history.

SANTA BARBARA FORTRESS

06) On Agust14, 1502 in Caxinas Cape, now known as Honduras cape, Christopher Columbus took possesion of these lands in the name of king of Castile,and the exploration of the American continental soil officially began.Just 23 year later, on this same bay, the village of Trujillo was founded and it would later become one of the main spanish ports in the caribbean, which is why it is immediate fortification was necessary.In 1580, the Governor of Honduras, Don Diego Lopes, wrote a letter to King Philip II to request two artillery pieces and ammunition to protec the city “...because the town of Trujillo is the key province...’’ Later,in 1548, the new Governor of Honduras, Don Rodrigo Ponce De Leon, sent a similar request.In 1633, the governor Don Melchor Alonzo Tamayo wrote about latest attack from the Bristish.”...The enemies took over Trujillo, stealing all around the city, and taking all artillery and guns therein...” He complained to the authorities in the metropolis about the lack of a fort to protect the bay.In the early XVII century, the Spanish started a plan to unite two oceans, with a projec known as “the royal path of the two seas,” and philip II named several commissioners, among them the military engineer Don Bautista Antonelli, who on road to Puerto Caballos, build in Trujillo a model of a fort.In 1694, the Governor Don Jeronimo Fernandez Carranza suggested that if the plans to build the fort continued,the desing made by Baustista Antonelli should be used. There is not enougn historical evidence that the plans to build the fort continued during the XVIII century. when the city was resettled by the Spanish authorities in 1789, the idea to build the fort was reconsidered, and spanish crown sent several envoys to recommend the best site in the Atlantic to build a fort, choosing the Omoa bay because of its advantageous geographic position, far away from La Mosquitia, then a territory controlled by the British.

THE FORTRESS’ MUSEUM

07) Inside the Santa Barbara Fortress, three rooms have been set up to exhibit differnt artifacts relevant to the History of the city and port of Trujillo.When you visit it, you will learn about the different stages that have shaped its history, its firts years during the spanish colony, pre-Hispanic artifacts, and distinctive Garifuna pieces, like masks, and other every-day artifacts of the century that has just finished. You will walk through almost five centuries of history, during a nice glimpse to the past of the port city of Trujillo and its past spendor.

At this time Trujillo is the closest port and the entrance gate to the Guanaja island and to the Region of La Mosquitia.

So in other words if you want to have and enjoy at the same place , beaches, reef, culture,History, adventure and a coplete special World, COME AND VISIT TRUJILLO, the Honduras Caribbean.