Once upon a time, there was a girl who worked as a water carrier. One day, tired of walking to the nearest spring into the mountains and dragging her pitcher along the steep streets of the city, she made a deal with the devil: he could dispose of her soul if, before the rooster crowed the next day, the water reached the door of her house. 

So at night, a terrible storm broke out and the devil set to work to build an aqueduct. Yet, aware of her guilt, the girl prayed and prayed until she was exhausted to avoid the loss of her soul. Her prayers to the Virgin were heard, and on pitying her, the Virgin made the sun rise before time. The rooster crowed just as the devil only had one last stone to place to finish the aqueduct. He let out a bloodcurdling shriek: for a single unplaced stone, he had lost the girl's soul. 

The girl confessed her guilt before the Segovians who, after cleaning the arches with holy water to avoid the trace of sulphur, happily accepted the new addition to the city. 

And they say... that the holes that can still be seen in the stones are the footprints of the devil's hooves... 

 Today the city pays tribute to this wonderful legend with the sculpture of the little devil of Segovia, the ‘true’ architect of the Aqueduct. This sculpture represents the defeated devil holding the last ashlar of the Aqueduct that remained to be placed, taking a picture of himself and his unfinished work. 

The sculpture, the work of José Antonio Abella, is located in San Juan street, from where we can admire one of the best views of the Aqueduct.