© Mark Wade
| Segovia © Mark Wade |
Ancient Roman city, 111 km from Valladolid, dominated in the Cid's day by the 728-m long Roman aqueduct which is still in use a millenium later. Most of the visible Alcazar and Old Town date to the 12th to 15th centuries.
Latitude: 40.94. Longitude: -4.11.
The manner in which he divided his lands was this: he gave to Don Sancho the kingdom of Castille as far as to the river Pisuerga, on the side of Leon, with the border, which included the dioceses of Osma, and Segovia, and Avila, and on the side of Navarre as far as the Ebro, as he had won it from his nephew Don Sancho Garcia, King of Navarre.