In walk around segovia class we went to la juderia (the Jewish neighborhood). On the way there, we walked on the outside of town through the tombs. The Jews of ancient segovia were very innovative in several ways, but one big thing that they did was build thier cemetaries outside of the city (versus the catholics who built their graves into their churches). This is the picture of where a person was burried years ago. The body was be in a sort of coffin in the hole and a rock was placed over the entrance. In the late 1900's a grant was given to a modern day Indiana Jones and the Jewish tombs here in Segovia were excavated.
This is the lovely shaded walk near the tombs.

The Jews always built their cemetaries outside of the city, yes, but they also put them in a place where they could be seen directly from the city, near to the Castle.

This is in the Jewish neighborhood. It is a house that displays the tipical architecture. The design on the wall is known as "grafiada" which translates literally to graffitied, giving the builidng an artistic appeal. The interesting thing here is that this is not a United States view of something that has been graffitied or vandalized. In spain, they call these walls "pintada" or painted. I think its funny because we have both painted walls and graffitied walls but ours have the exact opposite significance.

This is another building exhibiting tipical architecture. Wood and brick played a big role in the architecture of La Juderia.