Province of Segovia
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Ascent slope
1002 m.
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The descent from Fuenfría Pass leads into Segovia, the first of the great cities of Castilla y León on this route.

What to see?

  • Segovia Sacred Music WeekMore information

    Coinciding with Holy Week, the Juan de Borbón Foundation organizes the Segovia Sacred Music Week every spring, one of the oldest cycles on the Spanish music scene. The programming of each edition features...

    Date
    aprox del 20 de marzo al 15 de abril
  • Jewish Cemetery of the Cuesta de los HoyosMore information

    On a hill just outside the town, but close, rises Cuesta de los Hoyos, where is this Jewish cemetery, active for over two centuries, in an area called El Pinarillo. This is one of the few Jewish necropolises...

  • Alcazar of SegoviaMore information

    The land it now occupies must have been the site of important fortifications since antiquity given that the water pipes from the aqueduct finish in the Alcázar.On the site of successive Roman, Visigoth,...

  • Tower of Hercules (Convent of Santo Domingo) Dominican Mother ConventMore information

    Built in the XIII century as a fortress-house and convent of Dominican nuns from 1513, polychrome figures with the techniques of the XV and XVI centuries are carved.Gothic court, Mudejar plinths on the...

  • Cathedral of SegoviaMore information

    It boasts a beautiful, radiant Baroque design, with wonderful altarpieces and one of the highest towers in Spain. It is known as the Lady of the Cathedrals because of is height and the depth of its naves.

  • Church of the TrinidadMore information

    Simple Romanesque church containing paintings by Benson and Pontormo. It consists of a single nave with a barrel vault and on the outside, two interesting fronts and an atrium on the southern side.It contains...

  • Church of the Vera CruzMore information

    Templar church of 1208. it has a polygonal ground plan (12 sides), a projecting square tower and simple fronts.Structured around a central, two-storey building with an ambulatory. The lower section looks...

  • Church of San EstebanMore information

    13th-century church made of reddish limestone. There is an interesting six-level tower with arched windows on the top levels and the portico rests on paired columns and has sculpted capitals. The church...

  • Church of San Juan de los CaballerosMore information

    The church was built between the XI to XIII centuries. It is a Romanesque church of basilica floor with three naves separated by arches on cylindrical pillars; the central nave is double size of the laterals,...

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