Also like Toledo, Segovia has a Roman past. Unlike Toledo, Segovia retains a spectacular monument to that past, the Roman Aqueduct.
The aqueduct is simply amazing. It is part of a 10 mile system that brought water from the mountains to the fortified old-city, which was originally a Roman military camp. The massive public work was built in the first century AD.
The unmortared bricks of the aqueduct are still quite strong, and the structure still carries water. It was partially rebuilt in the sixteenth century, though the architects took care to match the repairs to the original work.
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