Just above the Palacio de la Conquista is the Palacio Juan Pizarro de Orellano, which was converted into a Renaissance mansion by one of the Pizarro cousins who participated in the Conquest and survived to reap the benefits back at home. Nowadays, the building serves as a school, and its patio is decorated with the coats of arms of the two most prominent local families: the Pizarros and the Orellanas. Francisco Orellana, also from Trujillo, was the first European to explore the Amazon River in present-day South America.
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