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SEGOVIA
Another hour on the tour bus took us Segovia’s other not-to-be-missed highlight
further north to Segovia, a historic city in is the ancient Disney-esque Alcazar Castle
central Spain's Castile-León region. It awes Fortress completed in 1587. Once home to the
visitors with its massive stone aqueduct built Kings of Castile, it is Spain’s most distinctive
by the Romans around. A.D. 50, that runs Gothic castle. Built atop a rock suitable for
through the center of the city. Photos don’t do military defense, the building boasts secret
justice to this towering structure with some passageways that lead to the river and other
160 arches, constructed without mortar. city palaces.
Amazingly well preserved, it transported water Queen Isabella was crowned Queen of
until the mid-twentieth century. Castile here, and after her marriage, she and
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