The history of Trujillo city has its beginning in ancient times with the formation in its territories of pre-Columbian cultures that established their towns in its current metropolitan area and then extended their domains along the northern coast of Peru.
The history of Trujillo city has its beginning in ancient times, as the area at the mouth of the Moche River was long a center of succeeding pre-Columbian cultures. They extended their domains along the northern coast of Peru.