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Segovia (/ s ɪ ˈ ɡ oʊ v i ə / sig-OH-vee-ə, [2] US also / s eɪ ˈ-/ say-GOH-, [3] Spanish: [seˈɣoβja] ⓘ) is a city in the autonomous community of Castile and León, Spain. It is the capital and most populated municipality of the Province of Segovia .
Andrés Segovia Torres, [a] 1st Marquis of Salobreña (21 February 1893 – 2 June 1987), was a Spanish virtuoso classical guitarist. Many professional classical guitarists were either students of Segovia or students of Segovia's students. [1]
Etching of the Alcázar of Segovia ( c. 1842) by José María Avrial y Flores . In 1896, King Alfonso XIII ordered the Alcázar to be handed over to the Ministry of War as a military college. [citation needed] The Board of Trustees of the Alcázar of Segovia was created by the Decree of the Presidency of the Government, on 18 January 1951.
Segovia (Spanish pronunciation: [seˈɣoβja] ⓘ) is a province of central/northern Spain, in the southern part of the autonomous community of Castile and León.It is bordered by the province of Burgos in the north, Soria in the northeast, Guadalajara in the east, Madrid in the south, Ávila in the west and southwest, and Valladolid in the northwest.
The main altarpiece of the cathedral of Segovia, which occupies the High Altar, is a set of marbles of different colors and bronzes that recreate a neoclassical structure. On a plinth covered with black marble veined in white, there is a pedestal, on which rises an altarpiece formed by two bodies of different heights.
San Cristóbal de Segovia: 2,455 Real Sitio de San Ildefonso: 5,178 San Martín y Mudrián: 276 San Miguel de Bernuy: 182 San Pedro de Gaíllos: 320 Sanchonuño: 810 Sangarcía: 480 Santa María la Real de Nieva: 1,377 Santa Marta del Cerro: 51 Santiuste de Pedraza: 109 Santiuste de San Juan Bautista: 768 Santo Domingo de Pirón: 64 Santo Tomé ...
The Aqueduct of Segovia (Spanish: Acueducto de Segovia) is a Roman aqueduct in Segovia, Spain.It was built around the first century AD to channel water from springs in the mountains 17 kilometres (11 mi) away to the city's fountains, public baths and private houses, and was in use until 1973.
The walls of Segovia (Spanish: Murallas de Segovia) are the remains of the medieval city walls surrounding Segovia in Castile and León, Spain.. The walls of the Castilian city of Segovia complete a circuit of about 2,250 metres (7,380 ft) in length, with an average height of 9 metres (30 ft) and an average thickness of 2.5 metres (8 ft 2 in).