Segovia (Province) - Segovia (Provinz)

The Segovia Province lies in the spanish region Castile and Leon.

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Location of the province of Segovia in Spain

Regions

Map of Segovia (province)

Alcazar of Segovia

Segovia is surrounded by the provinces Burgos, Soria, Guadalajara, Avila and Valladolid as well as from the Autonomous Community of Madrid.

The south of the province is predominantly forested, it belongs to Iberian Scheidegebirge. The Sierra de Guadarrama reaches heights of up to 2,400 m, in the area around the 1858 m high pass Puerto de Navacerrada even winter sports are possible. Most of the remainder belongs to the Meseta Central plateau and is a rather sparsely populated plateau, it is used for agriculture, with a focus on pig farming.

The province has around 163,000 inhabitants, around one in three lives in the capital Segovia, the rest is spread over 200 villages, some of which are very small.

places

Granja Palacio, San Ildefonso
  • 1 SegoviaWebsite of this institutionSegovia in the Wikipedia encyclopediaSegovia in the media directory Wikimedia CommonsSegovia (Q15684) in the Wikidata database
  • 2 CuéllarWebsite of this institutionCuéllar in the Wikivoyage travel guide in another languageCuéllar in the Wikipedia encyclopediaCuéllar in the media directory Wikimedia CommonsCuéllar (Q1631311) in the Wikidata database
  • 3 El EspinarWebsite of this institutionEl Espinar in the Wikipedia encyclopediaEl Espinar in the media directory Wikimedia CommonsEl Espinar (Q986735) in the Wikidata database
  • 4 San IldefonsoWebsite of this institutionSan Ildefonso in the Wikipedia encyclopediaSan Ildefonso in the Wikimedia Commons media directorySan Ildefonso (Q1125500) in the Wikidata database
  • 5 San RafaelSan Rafael in the Wikipedia encyclopediaSan Rafael in the media directory Wikimedia CommonsSan Rafael (Q6119645) in the Wikidata database
  • 6 SepúlvedaWebsite of this institutionSepúlveda in the Wikipedia encyclopediaSepúlveda in the media directory Wikimedia CommonsSepúlveda (Q1246441) in the Wikidata database
  • 7 AyllonWebsite of this institutionAyllon in the Wikipedia encyclopediaAyllon in the Wikimedia Commons media directoryAyllon (Q1769718) in the Wikidata database

Other goals

background

language

Spanish

getting there

Segovia Aqueduct

mobility

Tourist Attractions

  • Roman remains like that Segovia Aqueduct
  • Palacio Real de Riofrío. Royal Palace in Riofrio.
  • Palacio Real La Granja, in San Ildefonso.

activities

kitchen

Regional specialties include sausages such as chorizo, and white beans, suckling pig and milk lamb are also widely known and appreciated.

nightlife

security

climate

Continental Mediterranean climate with long, dry and cold winters and short hot summers

literature

Web links

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