La Catedral de Segovia, apodada la
"Dama de las Catedrales", destaca por ser una de las obras cumbres del gótico tardío en Europa, construida en el siglo XVI cuando el Renacimiento ya dominaba la arquitectura.
La Catedral de Segovia, apodada la
"Dama de las Catedrales", destaca por ser una de las obras cumbres del gótico tardío en Europa, construida en el siglo XVI cuando el Renacimiento ya dominaba la arquitectura.
San Antonio repartiendo los panes>> es una destacada pintura flamenca sobre cobre del siglo XVII realizada por el artista Willem van Herp y su taller. La obra pertenece a la colección de la Catedral de Segovia y representa el milagro de la caridad del santo hacia los más necesita
La estatua de Juan Bravo en Segovia es un icónico monumento de bronce obra del escultor segoviano Aniceto Marinas. Erigida en 1921, rinde homenaje al famoso capitán comunero castellano, decapitado en Villalar en 1521.
He was born in that Spanish golden century full of great writers, great saints and founders, a century of artists, musicians and adventurers.
At only 49 years of life, he carried out an extraordinary and unique adventure, in a century full of greatness, misery and heroics.
I stayed and forgot, my face leaned upon the Beloved, stop everything and leave me, leaving my care
among the forgotten sugars. >>>
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Saint John of the Cross (1542-1591): Carmelite, poet, mystic, doctor of the Church and patron saint of Spanish-language poets.
Next to the Aqueduct of Segovia, a masterful work of Roman engineering from the 2nd century AD, is the famous sculpture of the Capitoline Wolf nursing Romulus and Remus (replica offered by the city of Rome in 1974).
According to legend it was laziness and not Rome the mother of the Aqueduct of Segovia.
A girl working as a waterman, fed up of dragging the canary through the steep streets of the city, accepted a trick with the devil.
The main attraction of Chinchon is its large Plaza Mayor, a porticada square of medieval origin.
It dates back to the 15th and 16th centuries and features 234 wooden balconies with green railings, which give it a unique personality.
Chinchón's main attraction is its large Plaza Mayor, an arcaded square of medieval origin.
Dating from the 15th and 16th centuries, it features 234 wooden balconies with green railings, giving it a unique character.