Segovia city is located in central Spain near Madrid. It is known for its well-preserved Roman aqueduct from the 1st century AD, which remains a landmark. The Alcazar of Segovia, a royal palace located atop a rocky outcrop, has been an important building since 1122 and was favored by royalty. The Gothic Cathedral of Segovia, completed in the 15th century, is considered a masterpiece. Segovia's historic old town is surrounded by well-preserved walls up to 3 km long with 80 towers.

1. Segovia city

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Location :
It lies within the Iberian
Peninsula,
near
Valladolid,
and
Madrid,
capital
of
Spain, which allows to
reach it easily.
The
province
of
Segovia is one of nine
that make up the
autonomous community
of Castilla and León.
Bordered on the north
by
Burgos
and
Valladolid, Ávila to the
west, south to Madrid
and Guadalajara and

3. ALCAZAR OF
SEGOVIA
 Alcazar, viewed from
the south, outside of
the city
 VIEW FROM
VERACRUZ

4. Royal palace located on
top of a rock , is
documented for the first
time in 1122. It was one
of
the
favorite
residences of the kings
of Castile, built in the
transition
from
Romanesque
to
Gothic, and the Mudéjar
decor highlighting its
ample classroom. The
building is structured
around two courtyards
and has two towers, the
Keep and John II. It was
one of the favorite
residence
of
Isabel,
Queen of
Castile. Devastated by
TOWER OF JUAN II DE
CASTILLA

5. THE CATHEDRAL
It’s
the
last Gothic
cathedral built
in Spain. It is
considered the
masterpiece of
BasqueCastilian
Gothic and is
known as “The
Lady of The
Cathedrals”.
The measures of the cathedral are 33 meters
high, 50 meters wide and 105 meters long

6. AQUEDUCT

7. The Aqueduct of
Segovia is the
most
important
piece of Roman
civil engineering
in Spain and one
of
the
most
significant
and
best preserved of
those who left the
Roman
monuments
on
the
Iberian
Peninsula.

8. THE LOBA
CAPITOLINA
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Sits in front of the
aqueduct. A copy of the
Capitoline
wolf
is
preserved
in
the
Capitoline Museum and
was a gift that Rome
gave to the city in 1974
during the events of
the bimillenarial anniver
sary of the aqueduct.

9. In Segovia we have a large number
of monasteries and churches:
Veracruz
San Martin

10. Monasterio of the Parral.
It was founded by Henry IV
and was under the
protectorate of Juan
Pacheco, Marquis of
Villena.
Convent of Discalced
Carmelites
Next to the Sanctuary of
the Fuencisla this convent
founded by St. John of the
Cross in 1558

11. Walls of Segovia to the height of
the Garden of the Poets

12. The Walls of Segovia existed when Alfonso VI of Castile
wrested the city from the Arabs, who commanded a
larger coming to have a perimeter of 3
kilometers, eighty towers, five doors and several
portholes.

13. With respect to their inputs, in the sixteenth century
came to have a total of thirteen, distributed along its
perimeter to the rate of five doors (of which three have
been preserved)