Collins, W. W. (William Wiehe), b. 1862 · London : Heinemann; New York, Dodd, Mead · leaf 324
hirty feet high, the great tower rearsitself like a sentinel, a landmark for many miles.Round the base cluster the houses of the town likechickens seeking shelter under the wings of amother hen. No place in all Spain appealed to meso much. No town was so replete with subjectsfor my brush, and… … Vj SEGOVIA great aqueduct, which spans the valley that dividesSegovia in the Plaza del Azoquejo, brought purewater from a mountain torrent, the Rio Frio, tenmiles away. It does the same to-day. Constructedof granite blocks, laid Cyclopean fashion withoutmortar or cement, it commences near San…
Cathedrals -- Spain · Spain -- Description and travel
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