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Segovia Castilla y León
222 B.C. – 411 A.D: Roman city
711 – 1073 century: Moslem / Arab speaking
15th century: wool / La Mesta
16th century: home of San Juan de la Cruz (1549-1591)
1513: New Cathedral
Elevation: 3,280 ft.
2003: pop. 54,000
Segovia: Alcázar & Cathedral
Segovia from air
Plaza Mayor de Segovia
Segovia viewed from north
Segovia / Sierra de Guadarrama / Navacerrada
Roman aqueduct
1st century
Alcázar de Segovia / Roman-Arab-Christian fortress + Los Reyes Católicos
Late Gothic Cathedral: estilo flamígero
San Martín church
Romanesque
Torre de Hércules
Medieval watchtower for nobleman’s palace
Typical Castilian architectural style
Typical terraza
San Juan de la Cruz
• Juan de Yepes
• 1542-1591
• Fontiveros – Segovia – Granada – Segovia
• Spanish mystic saint, poet
• Ethnic diversity family
• Poverty
San Juan de la Cruz’s Carmelite Convent