!!!Segovia

by Stas Sedov and Dmitry Moiseenko,
members of the [AirPano Team|Geography/About/Consortium/AirPano,_Team] that is a member of the [global-geography Consortium|Geography/About/Consortium]. \\

9 August 2016

with kind permission of [AirPano|http://www.AirPano.com]

Spain has a lot of monuments remaining on its territory and AirPano has
made photos of many of them. Barcelona, Madrid, Valencia or Seville:
these geographical locations are known to almost everyone on the planet.
Segovia is not so famous but that is undeserved.

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Segovia is part of the Spanish autonomous region of Castile and León in
the north of the country. Thanks to Alfonso VI the Brave (the end of XI
— beginning of XII centuries) the city has been a residence for kings
during two centuries. Those legendary days have beautiful evidence.
First of all, it is the famous Alcazar. The castle on a stone peninsula
has been a royal palace, a state prison and the Royal School of
Artillery. Nowadays Alcazar is open for tourists and is very popular
among tourists being one of the most recognizable places of interest of
the country.

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Since King Alfonso VI Segovia still has its walls that protected the
city from Arabs. A time before the 3-kilometer-long wall had five gates.
Today the wall has only three of them and encircles the historic
quarter.

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Among other places of interest with a respectful age Segovia has the
longest Roman Aqueduct still remaining in Europe. Its exact date of
construction is unknown but is assumed to be the first century A.D. The
Aqueduct is 728 meters long and 28 meters high and still plays a great
role in providing the city with water.

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The XIII century of Segovia is famous for the following monuments. The
Convent of Santa Cruz la Real and the La Vera Cruz church that belonged
to the Templars. The catholic Monastery of Santa María del Parral
founded in the XV century is a wonderful composition of the gothic,
mudéjar and plateresco architectural styles.

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Segovia Cathedral (1525-1577) is considered to be the last Gothic-style
cathedral built in Europe. Being 105 meters long it is 50 meters wide
and 33 meters high. The bell-tower is 88 meters high. For comparison,
the famous Gothic Cologne Cathedral that is one of the world's highest
churches on the planet is 157 meters high and was built since the XIII
century.

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The modern city of Segovia is beautiful for its parks and curious
tourists would love the variety of local museums. We invite you to take
a walk through these historical places that are World Heritage Sites of
UNESCO since 1985.

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