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Convento PAS E O DE SA NTO DOMINGO DE G UZMAN
de los Carmelitas
Iglesia de la Vera Cruz Monasterio
El Parral
PLAZA POZO DE LA NIEVE
DE REINA PLAZA DE
Alcázar VICTORIA FROMKES Iglesia de C. DEL DOCTOR- VELASCO
EUGENIA C ALL E D E VELA RD E San Esteban PA S E O D E L O B I S P O
PLAZA
DE SAN
Río C l a m ores
San ESTEBAN Palacio de los
Andrés PLAZA VALDEL A G UILA Condes de Mansilla DOMINGO DE G UZMÁN
CAL LE DE DAOIZ
DE LA Iglesia de
Casa del Sol MERCED DEL ARCO ESCUDEROS PLAZA DE San Juan de los
(Museo PLAZA GUEVARA
C. MARQUÉS
PASEO DE D O N J U AN II
de Segovia) MAYOR Caballeros
PLAZA DE
Puerta de Cathedral San PLAZA SAN AGUSTIN COLMENARES
San Andrés Miguel HUERTOS Casa del
CALLE DE
PLAZA
PL. DEL Hidalgo DEL CONDE
CORPUS
PLAZA. DE
Segovia City Centre C. DE SAN VALENTÍN Corpus Christi SAN MARTÍN San DE CHESTE
Convento del Iglesia de Sebastián
C U E S T A D E LOS HO Y O S
PLAZA DE
1 Iglesia de San Juan C. DE JUAN BRAVO San Martín AVENDAÑO VALLADOLID,
SORIA
de los Caballeros Casa de PLAZA
DE LA
los Picos
2 Aqueduct C . DE SAN M ILLAN Aqueduct ARTILLERÍA MADRID
PLAZA
3 Casa de los Picos PLAZA DEL AZOGUEJO
DEL
4 Iglesia de San Martín SANCTI Iglesia de San Millan
SPIRITU
Riofrío
5 San Miguel 0 metres 100
6 Cathedral 0 yards 100
7 Alcázar For keys to symbols see back flap
t Segovia grilles en close the side chapels. de los Caballeros, which
The chapterhouse museum, features an outstanding
Segovia. * 54,900. £ @
n Plaza del Azoguejo 1, 921 46 with a coffered ceiling, houses sculptured portico, San Martín
67 20. ( Thu & Sat. _ San Pedro 17th-century Brussels tapestries. with its beautiful arcades
(29 Jun), San Frutos (25 Oct). At the city’s western end is and capitals, and San Miguel,
∑ turismodesegovia.com the Alcázar (see pp348–9). where Isabel the Catholic was
Rising sheer above crags with crowned Queen of Castille.
Segovia is the most spectacu- a multi tude of gabled roofs, Just inside the city walls, Casa
larly sited city in Spain. The old turrets and crenellations, it de los Picos has a unique
town is set high on a rocky appears like the archetypal façade adorned with diamond-
spur and surrounded by the fairy-tale castle. The present shaped stones.
Río Eresma and Río Clamores. building is mostly a fanciful
It is often compared to a ship – reconstruction following a fire Environs
the Alcázar on its sharp crag in 1862. It contains a muse um The vast palace of Riofrío,
forming the prow, the pin nacles of weaponry and a series of 11 km (7 miles) to the south-
of the cathedral rising like elaborately decorated rooms. west, is located in a deer
masts, and the aqueduct trailing Climb the keep for great views. park. It was built as a hunting
behind like a rudder. The view Notable churches include lodge in 1752, and has richly
of it from the valley below at the Romanesque San Juan decorated rooms.
sunset is magical.
The aqueduct, in use until the
late 19th century, was built at
the end of the 1st cen tury AD
by the Romans, who turned
the ancient town into an
important military base.
The cathedral, dating from
1525 and consecrated in 1678,
is the last great Gothic church
in Spain. It was built to replace
the old cathedral, which was
destroyed in 1520 during the
revolt of the Castilian towns
(see p62). The cloister, how ever,
survived and was rebuilt on the
new site. The pinnacles, flying
buttresses, tower and dome
form an impressive silhouette,
while the interior is light and
elegantly vaulted. Ironwork The imposing Gothic cathedral of Segovia
For hotels and restaurants in this region see pp569–70 and pp594–5
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