Roman aqueduct in Segovia - details and images
Aqueduct of Segovia is one tooth most significant and best preserved Roman monuments in the Iberian Peninsula. Roman aqueduct of Segovia, probably built in 50 BC, is remarkably well preserved. These features make this building a masterpiece of engineering which 20 400 stone blocks are joined by concrete, not mortar.
Roman aqueduct in Segovia is about 899.16 meters long although the section where the arcs are divided into two levels is 274.32 meters. Segovia Aqueduct operation was extended to 14 km over an urban complex, which was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1985.
Local legend says that the interesting creative Romanian was built by the Devil. He built the aqueduct for the city girl who prefers to sell his soul than to bring the river water. It is today the most important monument of Segovia, present and emblem of the city and most successful example of Roman engineering talent, bringing water from the Frio River. It is not known exactly when the aqueduct was built, probably in the first century AD, when Trajan ruled the dreaded imperiu.Totul was so well designed and built that lasted hundreds of years. Maybe that's why old people have concocted legend, fearing that the aqueduct is supernatural.
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