6/9/19 Segovia Spain

After two great days in Madrid, we decided to take a quick one hour trip up in the hills to Segovia, which is part of the Leon region of Spain. It is a UNESCO World Heritage sight and quite lovely. We drove through pine forests at the top, just beautiful.

The city’s in this area of Spain have had very bloody pasts as the Christians, Muslims and Jews all were active in the area. This region went back and forth with Portugal also. The city had many battles and was abandoned twice as Muslims overtook the city.

The Romans built the viaduct for which Segovia is famous for in 100 AD. It was made without mortar and is quite impressive!

The viaduct runs uphill the last three meters and is quite impressive.

The Plaza Mayor was built as a cleansing station for the viaduct as it’s waters were from a lake and could be dirty.

Next to the Plaza is the Segovia Cathedral, which is the last cathedral built in the Gothic style. It’s very large and impressive.

The Alcázar de Valle is a very famous castle as legend says Christopher Columbus was anointed as a representative of Spain to try and find a different sea route to China. Because of treaty’s signed with Portugal he had to sail higher than anyone ever had. Thus the conquest of the new world.

The early version of the castle also is designed to have holding tanks for water from the aqueduct. the castle burned in 1862, it’s was completely restored.Those Romans, they thought of everything😎

The rumor is Walt Disney used this castle along with the Neuschwanstein castle in Germany as the model for Cinderella’s Castle in Disneyland. Hope they had a copywrite on that 👍

Fun city to visit and we beat the crowds as we went earlier in the day.

Back to Madrid and a little cocktail and Topas action in the neighborhood.

We are moving to Cordoba Spain today, a four hour drive towards the south of Spain and into the Andalucians. Two nights there then on to Granada Spain.

Busy, busy, staying safe and healthy!

Adios 😎