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Acueducto
Segovia's most recognisable symbol is an extraordinary feat of engineering, made even more remarkable by the fact that it was first raised here by the Romans in the 1st century AD and not a drop of mortar was used to hold the whole thing together. The 728m granite block bridge you see today is made up of 163 arches.
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Alcázar
Rapunzel towers, turrets topped with slate witches' hats and a deeeeep moat at its base make the Alcázar a prototype fairytale castle, so much so that its design inspired Walt Disney's vision of Sleeping Beauty's castle.
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Casa de los Picos
From the Plaza del Azoguejo, beside the aqueduct, Calle Real winds up into the delightful heart of Segovia. About a quarter of the way up to Plaza Mayor is the Casa de los Picos, a Renaissance mansion with a diamond-shaped façade that is home to a school of applied arts and hosts free exhibitions.
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Casa-Museo de Antonio Machado
Casa-Museo de Antonio Machado. Machado, one of Spain's pre-eminent 20th-century poets, lived here from 1919 to 1932 and it still contains his furnishings and personal effects.
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Catedral & Museo Catedralicio
Started in 1525 after its Romanesque predecessor had burned to the ground in the War of the Communities, the catedral is a final, powerful expression of Gothic architecture in Spain that took almost 200 years to complete.
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Convento de los Carmelitas Descalzos
Just west of Vera Cruz is the Convento de los Carmelitas Descalzos, where San Juan de la Cruz is buried. It's open longer hours in summer.
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Convento de San Antonio El Real
About 1.3km southeast of the aqueduct, just off Avenida de Padre Claret, the Convento de San Antonio El Real is worth a look. Once the summer residence of Enrique IV, its Gothic-Mudéjar church has a splendid ceiling.
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Iglesia de la Vera Cruz
The most interesting of Segovia's churches, and the best preserved of its kind in Europe, is the 12-sided Iglesia de la Vera Cruz. Built in the 13th century by the Knights Templar and based on the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem, it long housed what is said to be a piece of the Vera Cruz (True Cross), now in the nearby village church of Zamarramala (on view only at Easter). The curious two-storey chamber in the circular nave is where the knights stood vigil over the holy relic.
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Iglesia de San Andrés
The direct route to the Alcázar from Plaza Mayor is via Calle Marqués del Arco. About halfway along you pass a Romanesque church, the Iglesia de San Andrés.
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Iglesia de San Esteban
The 13th-century Romanesque Iglesia de San Esteban has a six-level tower and a baroque interior.
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Iglesia de San Martín
The Romanesque Iglesia de San Martín, has the segoviano touch of a Mudéjar tower and arched gallery. The interior boasts a Flemish Gothic chapel.
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Iglesia de San Miguel
Isabel was proclaimed Queen of Castilla in the Iglesia de San Miguel on Plaza Mayor. The church recedes humbly into the background before the splendour of the catedral across the square.
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Iglesia de San Millán
At this end of town, there are a few churches worth your time. Iglesia de San Millán is a time-worn example of the Romanesque style typical of Segovia, with porticoes and a Mudéjar belltower.
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Monasterio de El Parral
Ring the bell to see part of the cloister and church, the latter a proud, flamboyant Gothic structure. The monks chant a Gregorian Mass daily at noon on Sunday and daily in summer at , and the monastery is open longer hours in summer.
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Museo de Arte Contemporaneo Esteban Vicente
In a perfect marriage of space and function, the Museo de Arte Contemporaneo Esteban Vicente occupies a 15th-century palace of Enrique IV, complete with Renaissance chapel and Mudéjar ceiling. Some 148 abstract paintings and sculptures by Segovia-born artist Esteban Vicente (1903-2000), a fine painter of the Abstract Expressionist school, form the core of the exhibit.
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Plaza de San Martín
One of the most captivating little squares in Segovia. The square is presided over by a statue of Juan Bravo and the 14th-century Torreón de Lozoya. The pièce de résistance is the Romanesque Iglesia de San Martín.
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Plaza Mayor
The shady Plaza Mayor is the nerve centre of old Segovia, lined by an eclectic assortment of buildings, arcades and cafés and an open pavilion in its centre. It's also the site of the catedral and the tourist office. The road connecting Plaza Mayor and the aqueduct is a pedestrian thoroughfare that locals know simply as Calle Real.
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Torreón de Lozoya
The Torreón de Lozoya presides over the Plaza de San Martín. The tower was once an armoury.
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