Segovia - Victorious city.

SEGOVIA, listed by UNESCO not only because there is a Roman aqueduct (built around 100 AD, acting through the nineteenth century, and delivering water from a distance of 15 km, built of granite blocks without mortar, today there is approximately 800 m , 129 spans) but also for the whole team of the historic late-Gothic Cathedral (XVI century), squares: San Martín and Plaza Mayor from the city hall of the seventeenth century, palaces, monasteries, and towering over the city beautiful Alcazar (castle-fortress built in the XI ., rebuilt in the XIV - XV century and early nineteenth centuries, inside patio of 1592, Mudejar style ceilings, collections of armor, etc..).

Segovia (Spanish Segovia) - a town in central Spain, in Castile and Leon, the capital of the province of Segovia, about 56 thousand of population (2003). Located in the foothills of the Sierra de Guadarrama, at an altitude of 1000 m Light industry, commercial and tourist center.

The name of Segovia is of Celtiberian origin. The first inhabitants named the city Segobriga." This name comes from two terms of celtiberian origin, language of the celtic Indo-European branch. Comes from the term Sego, which means «victory» (prefix also present in other cities such as Segeda and Segontia) and the suffix -briga, which would mean «city» or «strength». So it might be translated as "City of the victory" or "Victorious city".