Segovia, Architecture and Artifacts

Segovia, Architecture and Artifacts (11/2)

Our walking today had both a practical side and and aesthetic side.

Tomorrow we head back to Madrid (and eventually back to the USA) and will travel to Madrid by bus. So, today we scouted out the route that we'll need to take to walk to the bus station tomorrow since we get easily confused by the winding, narrow streets and don't want to tote our luggage further than necessary.

That was the practical part.

Then we headed out to do a walk paying special attention to the architecture of the old city of Segovia. And we saw a lot since the city goes back a couple thousand years to the Romans, at least.

Here's some nuggets:

The wall, of course. Now it's integrated into the city, sometimes with buildings connecting sections together.

Many buildings along Calle Cervantes and Calle Juan Bravo with Moorish-like decorated facades.

The interior of the Catedral de Segovia which is just huge and unbelievably lavish.

The Iglesia Corpus Christi which was a synagogue before the Jews were expelled in 1492 and subsequently converted to a church.

It was great to see the mixture of architectural periods, try to guess the design fads that were governing as each building was designed, to marvel at the skill of the workers that made it all happen, and to see the influence of so many cultures on the buildings here.

We had another great lunch in the middle of all this, right in the neighborhood where we're staying.

Tomorrow, a bus to Madrid, an overnight stay, then our flight back to the USA.

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