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