Segovia Roman Aqueduct Vignette

by Nieves Nitta

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Segovia Roman Aqueduct Vignette

Artist

Nieves Nitta

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Photograph - Digital Art. Watermark Not On Actual Print

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UNESCO World Heritage Site No. 311. Stone blocks of the Roman aqueduct of Segovia, Spain, frame a lovely and colorful partial view of the city. Segovia is a historic town and its Aqueduct an excellently preserved civil engineering work from the Roman period, probably erected ca. 50 AD. The aqueduct, consisting of an underground channel, with a free-standing arcade comprised of 20.000 granite blocks that are held together without any kind of binding agent or mortar, supplied water to the high-lying part of the town, at that time occupied by the Roman military headquarters and today the site of the Alcázar. Segovia is world-renowned for the ship-like appearance it projects: the Alcázar standing at its bow, the cathedral tower being its mainmast and the aqueduct its helm. It is in Segovia that Queen Isabella was crowned Catholic monarch in the year 1474. Image is protected by US and international laws, not to be copied, manipulated, or used any manner without prior written consent from the author, Nieves Nitta. Thanks for visiting!
Featured:
1) UNESCO World Sites - Art Group 11/4/18
2) Travel Art - Art Group 4/30/2019

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February 10th, 2014

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