El Viaje - Segovia - 19 September

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segovia    This is what we saw as we drove into Segovia in the late afternoon. The Aqueduct is the central attraction for tourists here. It's an incredible example of Roman engineering, completed in the 2nd century AD. Apparently it was still in use until the 1990's. There's no mortar or anything holding the stones together - they're just piled up. Made us wonder just how they built such a structure without modern tools. After a nice stroll around the new town, we rested at our hostal before checking out the aqueduct at nighttime.