Aqueduct of Segovia

Why go

Segovia's municipal tourism portal says the aqueduct was built in the second century AD, after AD 112, at the end of Trajan's reign or under Hadrian, and that its 167 arches are made of granite blocks set without mortar. The portal says it brought water to the city until the last third of the twentieth century, and it divides the aqueduct into sections from the intake outside the city to the monumental aerial arcade and a buried channel. The portal says it was declared a Historic Monument on 11 October 1884 and a World Heritage Site on 6 December 1985; the UNESCO property 'Old Town of Segovia and its Aqueduct' is a designation over the city and the aqueduct, not this record. The portal points visitors to an Aqueduct Interpretation Centre in the Real Casa de Moneda, a separate place.