Trujillo Cathedral, the Cathedral Basilica of Santa María, stands on the Plaza de Armas in Trujillo, Peru. It became a cathedral in 1616, under Pope Paul V. An earthquake destroyed the building on February 14, 1619. Francisco de Soto Ríos built much of the present structure from 1647, and Francisco Balboa completed it in 1666. Pope Paul VI elevated it to a minor basilica in 1967.
The style is Baroque, with a Churrigueresque main altarpiece and Rococo side altarpieces, though the interior is quite sober. The main altarpiece is freestanding and covered in gold leaf, one of two such altarpieces in Peru. The painted vault and dome earned it the nickname Vatican of the Coast.
The cathedral museum holds colonial-era gold and silver religious works. Roque Ceruti was maestro de capilla around 1721 to 1728.
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