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Yesterday we spent the day in Segovia.
Our first stop was the Iglesia de la Vera Cruz, a Romanesque church built by the Knights Templar (and now belonging to the Sovereign Order of Malta) after the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem; a chapel used to house a fragment of the 'true cross' (hence the name).
It is a unique church, beautiful and very atmospheric
From there you also get a nice view of the Alcazar, the castle of Moorish origins (but rebuilt after a fire in the 19th century) that is said to have inspired Walt Disney!
But the star attraction in Segovia is without doubt the imposing Roman aqueduct, quite breathtaking!
It's amazing to think that these huge blocks of granite have been standing here for 2 millennia, and with no mortar!
The aqueduct stands at one end of the centre of Segovia and the castle at the other.
We walked past the cathedral
It was very windy
The castle
looks better from a distance; but the interiors - although you can tell that they are not medieval but 19th century - are still very impressive
The weather was changing for the worst
When I took this photo of the parterre it was drizzling
but, by the time we climbed the 152 steps of the tower, it was pouring with rain. I got soaked in the few seconds that it took me to take this photo of the view
After leaving the castle, it stopped raining. We didn't go straight back to Ávila but visited the fantastic gardens of La Granja de San Ildefonso. But that's for another post!
Our first stop was the Iglesia de la Vera Cruz, a Romanesque church built by the Knights Templar (and now belonging to the Sovereign Order of Malta) after the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem; a chapel used to house a fragment of the 'true cross' (hence the name).
It is a unique church, beautiful and very atmospheric
From there you also get a nice view of the Alcazar, the castle of Moorish origins (but rebuilt after a fire in the 19th century) that is said to have inspired Walt Disney!
But the star attraction in Segovia is without doubt the imposing Roman aqueduct, quite breathtaking!
It's amazing to think that these huge blocks of granite have been standing here for 2 millennia, and with no mortar!
The aqueduct stands at one end of the centre of Segovia and the castle at the other.
We walked past the cathedral
It was very windy
The castle
looks better from a distance; but the interiors - although you can tell that they are not medieval but 19th century - are still very impressive
The weather was changing for the worst
When I took this photo of the parterre it was drizzling
but, by the time we climbed the 152 steps of the tower, it was pouring with rain. I got soaked in the few seconds that it took me to take this photo of the view
After leaving the castle, it stopped raining. We didn't go straight back to Ávila but visited the fantastic gardens of La Granja de San Ildefonso. But that's for another post!
