The history of the Provincial Museum of Segovia or Segovia Museum began in 1844. As other museums of the times, this museum was conceived to bring together pieces and objects coming from the city and ...
End of 18th century. Royal Laboratory of Chemistry, where Louis Proust, its director, pronounced the ‘Law of Definite Proportions’. You can also buy your tickets to the Fortress or Alcázar here.
11th – 19th centuries. Built on the remains of a Roman fortress. It was consecutively transformed all the way from king Alfonso VI (11th century) through to king Philip II (16th century). House of the...
This is a unique Romanesque secular architecture ensemble. It is situated in the Canons’ quarter (barrio de los Canónigos), near the old Cathedral of St. Mary’s, a church that disappeared after the Re...
Francisco Peralta’s collection of puppets and marionettes. Known since 1122 as Rodrigo Ordoñez’s Door, this name changed to the current one of Santiago’s door in the 13th century, due to its location,...
A unique Romanesque church dedicated to St. Peter ad Vincula. The original bell tower, topped with overhangs, is the reason for the church’s name. The bell used to warn the citizens of possible attack...
This was the renowned Spanish poet´s pension from 1919 to 1931. All the furniture and room distribution has been kept as it was then. There is now a bust of the author by the sculptor Emiliano Barral ...
12th century. Dedicated to the first Christian martyr, it has a structure that includes three naves, with the building’s chancel restored during the Baroque period. The atrium or porch and the tower –...
16th century. This was the old palace of the Salcedo family. Around 1750, it became the Bishop’s Palace. It has a Renaissance, bolstered façade, totally exceptional in the city’s noble architecture. T...
16th century. Plateresque façade. Front with scenes related to Hercules’ life. This was Charles I secretary’s house. He was Gonzalo Pérez, and was to be secretary to Philip II too.
13th-17th centuries. This is a group of several buildings: Peralta’s Palace-house, and Arias de la Hoz’s house, which included the Hercules Tower. There is, indeed, a sculpture of this mythological he...
12th century. One nave structure with one apse. The second apse is now part of the bell tower, a frequent solution in Segovia Romanesque buildings. Restored in 1927 to house the Universidad Popular Se...