Segovia

  Nicholaus Stange - Salamanca, Spring 2010
  Posted on February 8th, 2010
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These acueducts use no cement or mortar to remain standing. To account for the change in the elevation, the acueduct varies in its height off of the ground. Here in the city square, it is at its highest.
A shot of Segovia I took from a helicopter before parachuting down to meet with our group.
An appealing view of the city. Long standing building codes have maintained that every structure must remain the same style and color of its original construction.

Our tour guide explains the battle that took place in Segovia where the natives lost but were revered as heroes.
Rumor has it that this is the castle that Disney based their representation of a midieval castle off of.
The entrance to the Alcazar involves crossing a narrow bridge over a moat of seemingly exagerrated proportions.

The tour of the Alcazar took us through many of the castle's chamber's where stained glass and artifacts were abundant.
Some of Segovia's landscape and the road into town. Taken from one of the windows in the Alcazar.
This painting is from the chapel in Segovia and the contents are semi-self explanatory.


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