Segovia, Spain

Urban Sculpture in Segovia stars works depicting illustrious figures linked to the city, which wanted to pay tribute in this way, but we can also find several pictures of a religious nature.

One of the most iconic sculptures of the Loba Capitolina is the city that sits in front of the aqueduct, a copy of the sculpture Capitoline wolf preserved in the Capitoline Museum, and was a gift that Rome gave to the city in 1974 during the events of the bimillennial anniversary of the aqueduct.

In Plaza de la Merced could be seen until a few decades ago a monument dedicated to the artist Daniel Zuloaga installed in 1924, now in the Plaza de Colmenares. Now in the center of the Plaza de la Merced, looking towards the church of San Andr?s is a bust of the poet Rub?n Dario, sculptor Santiago de Santiago, which was donated by the Nicaragua government to the city in 1973.

Letters related to the bust are also found in the Promenade Lounge, the famous poet Jos? Rodas was first installed in 1927 in the plaza of the gardens, and moved to its present site in 1960 by the segovian sculptor Aniceto Marinas. It could not miss this literary group a tribute to Antonio Machado, poet Segovia made his refuge from 1919 to 1932, the sculpture as it could be otherwise is located in the garden of his home museum, and was done by Emiliano Barral.

Religious figures such as Domingo de Soto. Pius XII. Saint Anthony Mary Claret, Saint John of the Cross have their place within the city urban sculpture, the first work of Ortega and the rest of Jos? Mar?a Garc?a Moro, sculptor prosperous Segovia who must also be a Monument to the Youth located in the Plaza del Conde de Cheste.

Other teachers who also paid tribute to his work a few peasants have been both recognized in any street or town square, as is the case for Aniceto Marinas, who dedicated a monument in 1943 his friend and partner Mariano Benlliure.

In the field of arms found the monument to Dao?z and Velarde, Aniceto Marinas work.

By the same author is the List of people associated with the comunero Juan Bravo sculpture, made in 1921 and located in the heart of the city in the Square of the Sirens, the name given to two statues that top the stairs and representing these mythological beings, made by Francisco Bellver in 1852.

In addition to this series of monuments and sculptures are hidden in the corners of the city some other religious images that are worth mentioning. The most significant of these is the Virgin of the Aqueduct, located in the central niche of the monument has since the Plaza del Azoguejo and it was already in the 16th century, as remember Colmenares in his history of Segovia.

The city maintains an important collection of Romanesque churches of both stone and brick, which include San Esteban, San Mill?n, San Martin, la Sant?sima Trinidad, San Andr?s, San Clemente, Santos Justo y Pastor, la Vera Cruz and San Salvador and others . It also retains many convents and monasteries such as San Antonio el Real, del Parral or  San Vicente el Real. The Old main synagogue is a remainder of Jewish Segovia.

The Segovia Cathedral is the last Gothic cathedral built in Spain. It is considered the masterpiece of Basque-Castilian Gothic and is known as "The Lady of Cathedrals." This is the third largest cathedral in the city, and retains the cloister of the second, located opposite the castle and destroyed during the Revolt of the Comuneros in 1520.

The walls of Segovia existed when Alfonso VI of L?on and Castile took the city to the Arabs, who commanded a larger coming to have a perimeter of 3 kilometers, eighty towers, five doors and several doors. It was built mainly with granite blocks, but also reused gravestones of the Roman necropolis.

In 1808, Segovia was sacked by French troops during the War of Independence. During the First Carlist War, troops under the command of Don Carlos unsuccessfully attacked the city. During the nineteenth and first half of the twentieth century, Segovia experienced a demographic recovery that was the result of relative economic stability.

The wall runs along the old, and currently maintains three doors: San Cebri?n, of great austerity, Santiago, of Mud?jar looking, and San Andr?s, gateway to the Jewish quarter, and the breaches of Consuelo, San Juan, the Sun and Moon.

In his works he worked Juan and Rodrigo Gil de Honta??n, and other teachers of Spanish architecture. It was consecrated in 1768 and has dimensions of 105 meters long, 50 meters wide and 33 high in the nave, has 18 chapels and has three doors: El Perd?n, San Frutos and San Geroteo, first bishop of the diocese.

The cast of virgins are also members of the Fuencisla in Velarde street, the los Remedios in front of San Juan Gate, the Socorro at the San Andr?s Gate or del Carmen on the street of its own name, among others.

Other sculptures are devoted to Andr?s Lagunamade by the Segovian Florentino Trapero and marina located in Plaza de los Huertos, the bust of Lope de la Calle Mart?n, president of the Provincial council that made Emiliano Barral and can be seen in the square of San Facundo or the monument "El Favorito", by Toribio Garc?a de Andr?s in the early of 20th century. Source: Wikipedia.