Nueva Trujillo is considered the "gateway to the conquest of the Llanos", because from here important settlements were founded in view of the Llanos: the town of doctrine of Nuestra Señora de la Concepción del Curay (1619, today's La Barinesa), the city of Nuestra Señora de Pedraza (1951, today's Ciudad Bolivia), and the Indian towns of Santa Bárbara and Curbatí.