Segovia

Spain 2009
IMG_6407 A statue depicting Segovia's speciality - Castilian roast meats, especially cochinillo suckling pig, slow-roasted until you can cut it with a plate.
1
IMG_6411 Close up of 'cutting the roasted piglets with a plate'...
2
IMG_6413 street view and glimpse of aquaduct Street view and glimpse of Aqueduct
3
IMG_6418 Old church?
4
IMG_6420 Av de Fernandez Ladreda, street heading up to Aqueduct
5
IMG_6421-5265 Acueducto de Segovia (Aqueduct) and Plaza Azoguejo
6
IMG_6426 he Aqueduct was built at the end of 1st to early 2nd century AD by the Romans.
7
IMG_6429 Romans built it during their occupation of the Iberian Peninsula to bring water from the Rio Frio (Cold River), about 18km away.
8
IMG_6430 This elevated section was required in its last 1km from the Sierra de Guadarrama to the walls of the old town Segovia.
9
IMG_6431 Buildings near the Aqueduct
10
IMG_6432 Back view of the Aqueduct, the elevated section is supported by an engineering marvel of 166 arches and 120 pillars in two levels.
11
IMG_6433 A monument with Romulus and Romus (Rome's myth twin founders) erected in 1974 depicting 2000 years of Aqueduct (built by Roman for Segovia)
12
IMG_6435 The Aqueduct is made of 20400 large, rough-hewn granite blocks, joined without mortar or clamps.
13
IMG_6438 Aqueduct's maximum height of 28.1M (100.53 ft) is found at the plaza of Azoguejo.
14
IMG_6439 Close up of the sculpture, was placed inside in later years
15
IMG_6440 Segovia town
16
IMG_6443 Interesting outside wall and its windows, Palacio del Conde de Alpuente
17
IMG_6444-6448 Statue of Juan Bravo, a leader of the rebel Comuneros in the Castilian War of the Communities and neoclassical sphinxes with the face-body of a woman and a...
18
IMG_6446 Iglesia de San Martin (Church of St Martin), built in the 12th century
19
IMG_6447 Church of St Martin with its arched brick on columns of stone
20