Monuments

Aqueduct of Segovia

The aqueduct of Segovia is, undoubtedly, one of the best legacies of the Romans in Spain. It was built with the aim of driving the water of the Sierra to the city of Segovia and reaches a height of 28 m in Azoguejo Square.

His 167 arches of Guadarraa granitic stone are composed of blocks linked by a clever balance of forces, without the aid of any type of mortar.

VIDEO: El Acueducto de Segovia, contado por Pig y Pog

Alcázar de Segovia

The Alcázar  was built on a rock surrounded by two rivers: the Clamores to the left and the Eresma to the right side. In the front of the Alcázar is the Tower of Juan II, who was assigned to defend the fortress of any attack from the city.

Already in its origins, the Alcázar was a military fortress. In the 12th century, would be used as a royal residence and was already in the 18th century when Carlos III established the school of the Royal Body of Artillery there.

The uniqueness of Segovia architecture can be seen in its facade: the Sgraffito, decorative technique that involves making incisions on the surface layer of a wall, so that uncovering the lower layer, which is of another color.

The black pebbles which dot the wall are iron slag, used to avoid moisture. It's a technique traditionally used in Segovia to decorate the facades of the houses.

Cathedral

Late Gothic style, began to be built in 1525, with the collaboration of Segovia. The old cathedral was situated in the current gardens of the Alcazar and was destroyed during the War of the Communities in 1520.

It is worth being fixed in the glass windowss (s. XVI), the altarpiece dedicated to Ntra. Sra. de la Paz (s. XIV), donated to the city by Enrique IV, the choir stalls (end of century XV) from the old cathedral, the beautiful baroque organs, the railings or neoclassical jubé which keeps the urn with the relics of San Frutos.

La Judería

The Jewish presence in Segovia is marked in the year 1215, but its presence goes back to the end of the 11th century.

The places where settled of Jewish population in Segovia were surrounding the current Plaza de la Merced and the parishes of San Miguel and San Andrés, all within the walled city.

The Jewish quarter is a medieval quarter, in which stands out the door of San Andrés, which closed the medieval walls of the city, giving way to the Jewish cemetery, which was attached through the Bridge of the Star.