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• Esteban Vicente Museum of Contemporary Art. Segovia.

  Arts and culture | [Museums]

  … Plazuela de las Bellas Artes s/n. 40001. Segovia. (Castile-Leon) Fax.: +34 921462277 | E-mail: museo@museoestebanvicente.es. www.museoestebanvicente.es. The world of Esteban Vicente. The museum is housed in the palace of Henry IV of Spain dating from 1455, and contains an exceptional collection of w…

• Hercules Tower. Segovia.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Plaza de la Trinidad. 40001. Segovia. (Castile-Leon) Fax.: +34 921460492 | E-mail: info@turismodesegovia.com. www.turismodesegovia.com. Its name refers to the statue located on the staircase of the building.Representing the hero fighting like a wild beast.The tower was raised in the XI century.There…

• Santísima Trinidad Church. Segovia.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Plaza de la Trinidad 6. 40001. Segovia. (Castile-Leon) E-mail: info@turismodesegovia.com. www.turismodesegovia.com. A Romanesque church with a nave, tower and semicircular apse with windows. The south facade has an atrium. Its doorways combine flat archivolts and moulds on columns. Within the church…

• Segovia Cathedral. Segovia.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Plaza Mayor s/n. 40001. Segovia. (Castile-Leon) Fax.: +34 921460694 | E-mail: info@turismodesegovia.com. www.turismodesegovia.com. It was the last Gothic cathedral built in Spain. Built at the highest point of the town, construction of the cathedral of Segovia began in the year 1525, during the reig…

• San Esteban Church Tower. Segovia.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Plaza de San Esteban s/n. 40003. Segovia. (Castile-Leon) Fax.: +34 921466724 | E-mail: info@turismodesegovia.com. www.turismodesegovia.com. Built in the XIII century in late Romanesque style.Measuring 53 metres high converting it into the highest, Romanesque tower in Spain.There are ten arches in th…

• Segovia Museum (Casa del Sol). Segovia.

  Arts and culture | [Museums]

  … Calle Socorro, 11. 40001. Segovia. (Castile-Leon) Fax.: +34 921460580 | E-mail: museo.segovia@jcyl.es. http://www.turismodesegovia.com/es/que-ver/museos. Archaeology and Fine Arts.   The collection on display contains around 1,500 exhibits on archaeology, ethnology and fine arts. The museum was crea…

• El Parral Monastery. Segovia.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Calle Alameda del Eresma s/n. 40003. Segovia. (Castile-Leon) Fax.: +34 921422592 | E-mail: oshsmparral@planalfa.es. www.turismodesegovia.com. Founded by Henry IV, Juan Pacheco, the Marquis of Villena, was commissioned with its protection. Indeed, he had his coat of arms displayed on the unfinished d…

• Royal Mint in Segovia. Segovia.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Calle de la Moneda s/n. 40003. Segovia. (Castile-Leon) E-mail: casademoneda@turismodesegovia.com. http://www.casamonedasegovia.es/. It was founded by Philip II and designed by Juan de Herrera. It currently houses two museums: the Mint Museum and the Aqueduct Visitor Centre. Located beside the Eresma…

• Segovia Fortress. Segovia.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Plaza de la Reina Victoria Eugenia s/n. 40003. Segovia. (Castile-Leon) Fax.: +34 921460755 | E-mail: patronato@alcazardesegovia.com. www.alcazardesegovia.com. Lying between the confluence of the river Eresma and the river Clamores, the first documented record of the fortress dates back to Christian …

• Vera Cruz Church. Segovia.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Carretera de Zamarramala s/n. 40003. Segovia. (Castile-Leon) E-mail: info@turismodesegovia.com. www.turismodesegovia.com. It was founded by the Knights Templar in the 13th century. An unusual Romanesque church. Its floorplan is a 12-sided polygon. It has 3 chapels with tympanums and 2 portals with a…

• Convent of the Discalced Carmelite Nuns. Segovia.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Alameda de la Fuencisla s/n. 40003. Segovia. (Castile-Leon) Fax.: +34 921431650 | E-mail: info@turismodesegovia.com. www.turismodesegovia.com. The monastery is located next to the Fuencisla shrine. This is the burial place of Saint John of the Cross. The church has a single nave with lateral chapels…

• Ignacio Zuloaga Museum. Pedraza.

  Arts and culture | [Museums]

  … Castillo de Pedraza s/n. 40172. Pedraza. Segovia. (Castile-Leon) http://www.museoignaciozuloaga.com. Zuloaga in Pedraza. The tower of Pedraza Castle houses the Zuloaga Museum, established by the heirs of the painter Ignacio Zuloaga. The painter bought Pedraza Castle in 1926, and after restoring one …

• La Zarzuela Palace. Madrid.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Camino del Palacio de la Zarzuela, km 12. 28048. Madrid. http://www.turismomadrid.es/. This palace, situated on Monte de El Pardo hill, on the outskirts of Madrid, has been the official residence of the Spanish monarchs since 1975. In 1627 Philip IV commissioned the construction of this country pala…

• Casita del Príncipe (Prince’s House) or the Casita de Abajo (Lower House). San Lorenzo de El Escorial.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Jardín de los Moes s/n. 28200. San Lorenzo de El Escorial. Madrid. E-mail: info@patrimonionacional. www.patrimonionacional.es. A space for the Court to meet. The Prince’s House, also known as “the Lower House” (or “Casita de Abajo”), was built by Juan de Villanueva. Its decoration is of particularly…

• Casita del Infante (Infante’s House) or Casita de Arriba (Upper House) in San Lorenzo de El Escorial. San Lorenzo de El Escorial.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Carretera de Ávila s/n. 28200. San Lorenzo de El Escorial. Madrid. Fax.: +34 918907818 | E-mail: info@patrimonionacional. www.patrimonionacional.es. A hunting lodge. This small hunting lodge was built to blend with its natural environment. It was designed by Juan de Villanueva and has a whimsical an…

• Shrine of the Virgen de Gracia. San Lorenzo de El Escorial.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Finca de la Herrería. 28200. San Lorenzo de El Escorial. Madrid. E-mail: info@sanlorenzoturismo.org. www.sanlorenzoturismo.org. A small shrine in the magnificent Herrería park. The shrine of the Virgen de Gracia is located near the monastery of El Escorial, and set in the magnificent natural space k…

• Cave of Los Enebralejos. Prádena.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Cueva de Los Enebralejos. Prádena. Segovia. (Castile-Leon) E-mail: cuevadelosenebralejos@gmail.es. http://www.cuevasturisticas.com. An underground world of colours. The findings from this major archaeological site have included the remains of settlers dating from 4,000 years ago. Beside the cave the…

• Benedictine Abbey of Santa Cruz del Valle de los Caídos. San Lorenzo de El Escorial.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Carretera de Guadarrama/El Escorial. 28209. Cuelgamuros. San Lorenzo de El Escorial. Madrid. Fax.: +34 918905544 | E-mail: info@patrimonionacional.es. www.patrimonionacional.es. Carved out of the rock. A grandiose funeral monument built between 1940 and 1956 in memory of the victims of the 1936 Span…

• Postal and Telegraph Museum. Madrid.

  Arts and culture | [Museums]

  … Calle Tapa de Casariego 6. 28023. Madrid. Fax.: +34 917401436 | E-mail: museopostaltelegrafico@correos.es. www.correos.es. It offers a journey through the history of philately, with stamps from Spain and the rest of the world from the end of the 18th century onwards; it also explores the world of te…

• Typhlological Museum. Madrid.

  Arts and culture | [Museums]

  … Calle Coruña, 18. 28020. Madrid. Fax.: +34 915894225 | E-mail: museo@once.es. http://museo.once.es. The Typhlological Museum has been designed to promote and bring culture closer to those with a visual impairment. Built in 1992 by the National Organisation of the Blind (ONCE), the Typhlological Muse…

• Park and garden of the Casita del Príncipe (Prince's House). San Lorenzo de El Escorial.

  Arts and culture | [Parks and gardens]

  … Avenida de los Reyes Católicos s/n. 28280. San Lorenzo de El Escorial. Madrid. Fax.: +34 918907818 | E-mail: infoescorial@patrimonionacional.es. www.patrimonionacional.es. These treasures of Spanish architecture were created in 1774 by the architect Juan de Villanueva for the Prince of Asturias, the…

• Architecture and Painting Museum in the El Escorial Monastery. San Lorenzo de El Escorial.

  Arts and culture | [Museums]

  … Calle don Juan de Borbón y Battemberg s/n. 28200. San Lorenzo de El Escorial. Madrid. Fax.: +34 918907818 | E-mail: infoescorial@patrimonionacional.es. www.patrimonionacional.es. How this masterpiece was built. It reveals the secrets behind the building of this monument, designated a World Heritage …

• Gardens of the San Lorenzo Monastery in El Escorial. San Lorenzo de El Escorial.

  Arts and culture | [Parks and gardens]

  … Avenida de Juan de Borbón y Battemberg s/n. 28200. San Lorenzo de El Escorial. Madrid. Fax.: +34 918907818 | E-mail: info@patrimonionacional.es. www.patrimonionacional.es. The gardens extend through the monastery's main cloister, known as the Evangelists' Courtyard (Patio de los Evangelistas), as we…

• Royal Monastery of San Lorenzo de El Escorial. San Lorenzo de El Escorial.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Calle Juan de Borbón y Battemberg s/n. 28200. San Lorenzo de El Escorial. Madrid. Fax.: +34 918907818 | E-mail: info@patrimonionacional. www.patrimonionacional.es. The Monastery of El Escorial was the first example of the architectural style which came to be known as Herrerian after its creator, Jua…

• Casas de Oficios and Casas de Infantes buildings. San Lorenzo de El Escorial.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Calle Floridablanca 3. 28200. San Lorenzo de El Escorial. Madrid. E-mail: info@sanlorenzoturismo.org. www.sanlorenzoturismo.org. Annexed dwellings of El Escorial. Both architectural sites are perfectly integrated with the harmony of El Escorial Monastery. The Official houses are dedicated to the nee…