Segovia, Castile and León, Spain. View across city rooftops to the cathedral.


The city of Segovia, capital of the province of the same name, lies north-west of Madrid in the shadow of the Sierra de Guadarrama. Its old town was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1985. Begun in 1525, the city's cathedral is widely considered to be Europe's last great Gothic building.


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Location: Segovia, Segovia, Castilla y León, Spain, Europe
Photo credit: © David Tomlinson / Alamy / Afripics
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