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He captured Trujillo with the intention to go across Honduras to Nicaragua. The Honduran Army and local volunteers presented a firm defense and with intervention of the Royal Navy, was captured and executed in Trujillo by orders of President Jose Santos Guardiola. His tomb is a local tourist attraction.
Colón is one of the 18 departments into which Honduras is divided. It was created in 1881. The departmental capital is Trujillo, and the other main city is Tocoa.Trujillo was the site of the first Catholic mass on the American mainland, held when Christopher Columbus (Cristóbal Colón) reached the Honduran shore in 1502.
Puerto Castilla is a village in the Colón Department of Honduras located approximately 20 kilometres (12 mi) north of Trujillo. This port city on the Caribbean Sea (Atlantic Ocean) was the one-time site of the United Fruit Company's Castilla Division which specialized in the growth, cultivation and shipments of the Gros Michel banana.
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The fortress has 14 cannons from Spain, and served Honduras for more than 300 years. The fortress has fourteen cannons brought from Spain and was in service for three hundred years. The fortress of Santa Bárbara is built on a hill in Trujillo, from which the port, the bay and the Caribbean Sea can be perfectly seen. The first defensive row are ...