Alcázar de Segovia

(Segovia)

A deep moat with a drawbridge gives us access to a fortress situated in a privileged place. This castle in Segovia (Castile and Leon) became an Alcazar – Royal residence – in the 13th century. In the northern angle we can see the small tower of King Alfonso X ‘The Wise’, and the Tower of King Juan II, 80 meters high. Inside the monument and around the Patio de Armas and the Patio del Reloj, we can find the rooms. Over which the Kings Chamber clearly stands out, containing an extraordinary coffered ceiling made of golden hexagons and rhomboids, and a curious frieze displaying 52 sitting images, polychromed, of the Kings and Queens of Asturias, Leon and Castilla from Don Pelayo to the Queen Joanna the Mad.