Segovia

I promised you some pictures from our school excursion to Segovia. At long last, here they are.

You can see it was a cold, snowy day from this overlook on the road into Segovia. The castle and the cathedral are visible from here.











Here is Katie in front of the acqueduct. It is about 2,000 years old, spans 728 meters and has 166 arches. Probably the most amazing thing about this magnificent structure is that it is held together without any binding agent or cement of any kind.









This is the castle of Segovia. Called the Alcázar (the arab word for castle), it was orginally a Roman castle and later a refuge for the Moors. In 1862 a fire destroyed a great part of the castle and the restoration was completed in 1890.








This is the view of the castle from the road into town. Makes you think of fairy tales, doesn't it? It was from here that Isabel left to be proclaimed Queen in 1414.
















The Cathedral of Segovia is the last built in the Gothic style in Spain. Work was begun in 1515, four years after the original cathedral was destroyed in a war. 200 years and several architects later, it was completed.