Segovia

The Romans kept the same way to call Segovia through their belonging to the legal convent of Cluny.
The city of Segovia’s been left after the Muslim invasion.
It seems that the city’s been repopulated under Alphonse VI de Castile with the help of the Frenches like Raymond de Bourgogne and Pierre d’Agen.
This repopulation has been held by a population from the north of Spain and outside of the peninsula. Based on a strategic geographic location, a trade place started to grow up, specialised in wool and textile. It shows that for a long time the lamb does exist and useful in Segovia. The lamb-eating is antique, the recipe of the Cordero de Segovia doesn’t need anymore ingredient because when this dish was created, a lot of vegetables didn’t exist yet, like the potatos for exemple. The economic development was inspired by the ovines which developed the embroidery certified by a seal to counter to the conterfeits.
From a successful economic development, several edifices were built in a Gothic style, which is in Segovia the main kind of construction.
To finish, below, we have listed some jewels of our intense history left in Segovia.

  • - The Roman Aqueduct of Segovia

Acueducto de Segovia (cc) Tupolev

  • The Gothic Cathedral of Segovia

 Catedral de Segovia (cc) leoplus

  • The Alcazar of Segovia

 Alcázar de Segovia (cc) James Gordon

  • The Great Wall

 Detalle Muralla de Segovia (cc) Fr Antunes

  • The Roman churches of San Millan, San Martin, La Trinidad and De La Vera Cruz.

San Millán Segovia (cc) Quearte