SEGOVIA  , the See also:

• CAPITAL (i.e. capital stock or fund)
• CAPITAL (Lat. caput, head)

capital of the See also:

• SPANISH

Spanish See also:

• PROVINCE
• PROVINCE (Lat. provincia; perhaps a contraction of providentia)

province of Segovia; on the railway from See also:

• MADRID

Madrid to See also:

• VALLADOLID

Valladolid and See also:

• ZAMORA

Zamora . Pop . (1900) 14,547 . Segovia is built upon a narrow See also:

• RIDGE (a word. common to many Teutonic languages, meaning " back," whether of a man or an animal, cf. German Rucke)
• RIDGE, WILLIAM PETT (1864- )

ridge of See also:

• ROCK
• ROCK (O.Fr. rake, Sp. rota, Ital. rocca; possibly from a Lat. form rupica, from rupes, rock)
• ROCK, DANIEL (1799–187t)

rock which rises in the valley of the Eresma, where this See also:

• RIVER

river is joined by its turbulent tributary the Clamores . It is an episcopal see in the archbishopric of Valladolid . Founded originally as a See also:

• ROMAN

Roman See also:

• PLEASURE (through Fr. plaisir from Lat. placere, to please; Gr. rlbovii)

pleasure resort, it became in the See also:

• MIDDLE

middle ages a See also:

• GREAT

great religious centre and seat of the Castilian See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court; it was surrounded by See also:

• ALPHONSO

Alphonso VI. with the walls and towers which still give to it, even in their See also:

• DILAPIDATION (Lat. for " scattering the stones," lapides, of a building)

dilapidation, the See also:

• AIR (from an Indo-European root meaning " breathe," " blow ")
• AIR, or ASBEN

air of a military stronghold . The streets are steep, irregular and narrow, and are lined with See also:

• QUAINT (O. Fr. cointe, from Lat. cognitus, known, probably influenced by association with Lat. corn plus, neat)

quaint old-fashioned houses, built for the most See also:

• PART

part of See also:

• GRANITE (adapted from the Ital. granite, grained; Lat. granum, grain)

granite from the neighbouring Sierra Guadarrama . The See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place teems with records and monuments of the many vicissitudes of See also:

• FORTUNE, ROBERT (1813-188o)

fortune and See also:

• ART

art through which it has passed, foremost among the latter being the See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient alcazar or citadel, the See also:

• CATHEDRAL

cathedral, the See also:

• AQUEDUCT (Lat. aqua, water, and ducere, to lead; Gr. apaymryeiov, apayeeywov, vlrovopos)

aqueduct of See also:

• TRAJAN [MARCUS ULPIUS TRAJANUS] (A. D. 53-117)

Trajan, and a notable See also:

• ARRAY (from the O. Fr. areyer, Med. Lat. arredare, to get ready)

array of churches and other ecclesiastical edifices . The alcazar is perched upon the western tip of the See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long See also:

• TONGUE (O. Eng. lunge)

tongue of rock upon which the See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city is built . Of the See also:

• ORIGINAL

original See also:

• MEDIEVAL

medieval fortress but little remains See also:

• SAVE, or SAVA (Ger. Sau; Hungarian Szdva; Lat. Savus)

save the See also:

• NOBLE, SIR ANDREW (1832- )

noble See also:

• FACADE

facade—the See also:

• BUILDING

building having been wantonly fired in 1862 by the students of the See also:

• ARTILLERY (the O. Fr. artiller, to equip with engines of war, probably comes from Late Lat. articulum, dim. of ars, art, cf. " engine " from ingenium, or of artus, joint)

artillery school then domiciled within its walls, and all but destroyed . The See also:

• WORK

work is Gotho-Moorish, with an admixture of See also:

• RENAISSANCE, THE

Renaissance in the decoration . The 16th-See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century cathedral (1521-1577), the work of Juan Gil de .

Ontaiion and his son Rodrigo, occupies the site of a former See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

church of the 11th century, of which the See also:

• PRESENT

present cloisters, rebuilt in 1524, formed part . It is a well-proportioned and delicate piece of See also:

• LATE

Late See also:

• GOTHIC

Gothic—the latest of its See also:

• KIND (O. E. ge-cynde, from the same root as is seen in " kin," supra)

kind in See also:

• SPAIN
• SPAIN (Espana)

Spain—and contains some very See also:

• FINE

fine stained See also:

• GLASS
• GLASS (O.E. glees, cf. Ger. Glas, perhaps derived from an old Teutonic root gla-, a variant of glo-, having the general sense of shining, cf. " glare," " glow ")
• GLASS, STAINED

glass . The most remarkable of the many other churches are those of La See also:

• VERA, AUGUSTO (1813-1885)

Vera Cruz (Knights Tem See also:

• LAR

lar, Romanesque of the See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early 13th century), See also:

• SAN

San Milian and San Juan (both Romanesque of second See also:

• HALF

half of 13th century), El Parral (Gothic of early 16th century), and Corpus Christi, an ancient Jewish See also:

• SANCTUARY (from the late Lat. sanctuarium, a sacred place)

sanctuary and an interesting specimen of Moorish work . The towers and See also:

• EXTERNAL

external cloistering, or corredores, of several of the later churches—especially those of San Esteban and San See also:

• MARTIN (Martinus)
• MARTIN, BON LOUIS HENRI (1810-1883)
• MARTIN, CLAUD (1735-1800)
• MARTIN, FRANCOIS XAVIER (1762-1846)
• MARTIN, HOMER DODGE (1836-1897)
• MARTIN, JOHN (1789-1854)
• MARTIN, LUTHER (1748-1826)
• MARTIN, SIR THEODORE (1816-1909)
• MARTIN, SIR WILLIAM FANSHAWE (1801–1895)
• MARTIN, ST (c. 316-400)
• MARTIN, WILLIAM (1767-1810)

Martin—are fine . The great aqueduct, however, called El Puente del Diablo, usually ranks as the See also:

• GLORY (through the O. Fr. glorie, modern gloire, from Lat. gloria, cognate with Gr. KXebs, abets)

glory of Segovia, and is remarkable alike for its See also:

• COLOSSAL

colossal proportions, its See also:

• HISTORY

history, its picturesqueness, and the art with which it is put together . Erected or rebuilt, according to fairly See also:

• TRUST

trust-worthy tradition, in the See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time of the See also:

• EMPEROR (Fr. empereur, from the Lat. imperator)

emperor Trajan (c . A.D . 53–117), and several times barely escaping destruction, it is now in perfect working See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order, bringing the See also:

• WATERS, TERRITORIAL

waters of the Rio Frio down from the Sierra Fuenfria, to m . S . The See also:

• BRIDGE

bridge portion striding across the valley into the city is 847 yds. long, and consists of a See also:

• DOUBLE
• DOUBLE (from the Mid. Eng. duble, the form which gives the present pronunciation, through the Old Er. duble, from Lat. duplus, twice as much)

double tier of superimposed See also:

• ARCHES, COURT OF

arches, built of rough-hewn granite blocks, laid without See also:

• LIME
• LIME (O. Eng. lim, Lat. limes, mud, from linere, to smear)

lime or See also:

• CEMENT (from Lat. caementum, rough pieces of stone, a shortened form of caedimentum, from caedere, to cut)

cement . (For See also:

• ILLUSTRATION

illustration, see AQUEDUCT.) Segovia lost its ancient prosperity when it was taken and sacked by the See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French in 18o8 . Since then, however, suburbs have sprung up on all sides, outside the walls .

The woollen See also:

• INDUSTRY (Lat. industria, from indu-, a form of the pre, position in, and either stare, to stand, or struere, to pile up)

industry decayed, but its place was taken by See also:

• DYEING (0. Eng. dedgian, dealt ; Mid. Eng. deyen)

dyeing, See also:

• IRON [symbol Fe, atomic weight 55.85 (0=16)]

iron-See also:

• FOUNDING (from Lat. fundere, to pour)

founding, and manufactures of See also:

• PAPER
• PAPER (Fr. papier, from Lat. papyrus)

paper, See also:

• FLOUR

flour, earthenware, and coarse See also:

• PORCELAIN

porcelain . Segovia has a botanical See also:

• GARDEN (from O. Fr. garden, mod. Fr. jardin; this, like our words " garth," a paddock attached to a building, and " yard," comes from a Teutonic word for an enclosure which appears in Gothic as gards and O. H. Ger. gart, cf. Dutch gaarde and Ger. .garten)

garden, a museum and picture See also:

• GALLERY (through Ital. galleria, from Med. Lat. galeria, of which the origin is unknown)

gallery, a savings See also:

• BANK

bank, two public See also:

• LIBRARIES

libraries, and -two remarkable collections of archives . Public See also:

• EDUCATION

education is provided by an See also:

• INSTITUTE (from Lat. instituere, to establish or set up)

institute, a dozen See also:

• PRIMARY

primary See also:

• SCHOOLS

schools, a school for teachers, and schools of art and handicrafts . The royal artillery school of Spain is also established here .