Editing Segovia (section)

===World Heritage City===
{{Infobox UNESCO World Heritage Site
|WHS = Old Town of Segovia and its Aqueduct
|Image = AcueductoSegovia edit1.jpg
|Caption = The [[Ancient Rome|Roman]] [[Aqueduct of Segovia]]
|ID = 311
|Year = 1985
|Criteria = Cultural: i, iii, iv
|Area = 134.28 ha
|Buffer_zone = 401.44 ha 
}}

In 1985 the old city of Segovia and its Aqueduct were declared [[World Heritage Sites]] by [[UNESCO]]. The old city contains a multitude of historic buildings both civil and religious, including a large number of buildings of Jewish origin, notably within the old Jewish Quarter. One of the most historically important Jewish sites is the Jewish cemetery, {{lang|es|El Pinarillo}}.
Among the most important monuments in the city are:

*The [[Aqueduct of Segovia]], located in Plaza del Azoguejo, is the defining historical feature of the city, dating from the late 1st or early 2nd century AD.<ref name="arquitectura_romana">{{cite web|url = http://www.spanisharts.com/arquitectura/imagenes/roma/segovia_acueducto.html|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20060503194627/http://www.spanisharts.com/arquitectura/imagenes/roma/segovia_acueducto.html|url-status = usurped|archive-date = 3 May 2006|title = Arquitectura romana: Acueducto de Segovia|access-date = 22 January 2009|work = Historia de la Arquitectura en España}}</ref> Like a number of other aqueducts in Spain, Segovia's Roman-built aqueduct receives attention for being one of the "extraordinary engineering accomplishments" existing in the country, wrote Alejandro Lapunzina in ''Reference Guides to National Architecture: Architecture of Spain''.  It is still used to deliver drinking water.  "The aqueduct of Segovia is – because of its long span, architectural beauty, uncharacteristic slenderness, and dramatic presence in the center of a dense urban fabric – the most impressive Roman structure in Spain, and one of the most famous among the numerous aqueducts built by the Romans throughout their vast Empire," Lapunzina wrote.<ref>Lapunzina, A. (2005). Reference guides to national architecture: Architecture of Spain. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press.</ref> It consists of about 25,000 [[granite]] blocks held together without any [[mortar (masonry)|mortar]], and spans 818 meters with more than 170 arches, the highest being 29 metres high.
[[file:Segovia - Alcázar de Segovia 22 2017-10-24.jpg|thumb|left|The [[Alcázar de Segovia]].]]
*The [[Alcazar of Segovia]], the royal palace built on a stone peninsula between the rivers Eresma and Clamores, is documented for the first time in 1122, although it may have existed earlier. It was one of the favored residences of the [[List of Castilian monarchs|kings of Castile]], built in the transition from [[Romanesque architecture]] to [[gothic architecture|Gothic]] and [[Mudéjar]]. The building is structured around two courtyards and has two towers, and a [[keep]]. It was a favourite residence of [[Alfonso X of Castile|Alfonso X the Wise]] and [[Henry IV of Castile|Henry IV]], and [[Isabella I of Castile|Isabella the Catholic]] was crowned Queen of [[Crown of Castile|Castile]] in Segovia's Plaza Mayor. Devastated by a fire in 1862, it was later rebuilt. It now houses the General Militar de Segovia archive and museum of the Royal School of Artillery, managed by the Board of the Alcazar.

[[File:Catedral de Santa María de Segovia - 01.jpg|thumb|Segovia Cathedral as seen from the Alcazar.]]
*The '''[[Segovia Cathedral]]''', the last [[gothic architecture|Gothic]] cathedral built in Spain.{{citation needed|date=February 2015}} It is considered a masterpiece of Basque-Castilian Gothic architecture and is known as "The Lady of Cathedrals."{{citation needed|date=February 2015}} [[Juan Gil de Hontañón]], [[Rodrigo Gil de Hontañón]], and other masters of Spanish architecture worked on the construction. It was consecrated in 1768 and is 105 meters long, 50 metres wide and 33 m high in the nave,{{citation needed|date=February 2015}} has 18 chapels and has three doors: El Perdón, San Frutos and San Geroteo.
*The '''[[Walls of Segovia]]''' existed when [[Alfonso VI of León and Castile]] retook the city from the Arabs. Alfonso had them enlarged, and also increased its perimeter to 3 kilometres, with eight towers, five gates, and several doors. It was built mainly of granite blocks but also reused gravestones from the old Roman [[necropolis]]. The wall encircles the historic quarter and currently has three gates: San Cebrián; [[Puerta de Santiago (Segovia)|Santiago]], built in the [[Mudéjar]] style; and [[Puerta de San Andrés (Segovia)|San Andrés]], gateway to the [[Jewish quarter (diaspora)|Jewish quarter]]; and the breaches of Consuelo, San Juan, the Sun, and the Moon.{{clarify|date=February 2015}}