While we were walking around the acueducto our teacher pointed out the bottom stones of this column. On the right they are square and very well preserved, she said at one point the entire acueducto looked absolutely symmetrical and perfect but now, due to erosion they are rounded off.


As you can see, this is me... and next to me is the canal where the water was. You can see the canal all the way to the city. Its interesting that the entire acueduct was built so that this tiny canal could run along the top of it!


This column is at the start of the acueducto. It used to be a pillar on a church that they say "died", since the church isn't there anymore the pillar was put here. It was built in the 15th century and as you can see the acueducto is carved into the city. Our teacher told us that this is because even then, the acueducto was the symbol of the city.

This is the view of the acueducto from outside of the city looking toward segovia. In the upper right you can see the city of segovia and its wall (muraya). The block in the middle of the acueducto (el sotobanco) is where the architect put his name and the date and the emporer's name who built the acueducto. Now it doesn't say anything, but back in the first century it would have said: year 40, the name of the builder, and the emporer Trujano's name. The romans were designers so the archetecture of the acueduct is not only functional but also has aesthetic functions. vertical lines were carved into the granite to make the acueducto appear taller to someone standing on the ground. The pillars are staggared to make the acueducto look like it is flowing. Anyway, I think thats enough historia de acueducto for today!