| Description : The old town of Segovia has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site
since 1985, as has the aqueduct, commissioned by the Roman Emperor Domitian and completed under Trajan in 98 AD. With
a length of 728 m and 118 arches up to 28 m high, it is considered the best preserved testimony to Roman
architecture on the Iberian Peninsula. Until 1974 it supplied the city with water from springs of the Rio Frio, which flows
17 km south of the city. In the centre of the motif designed by Alfonso Morales Muñoz is the patron saint
of Segovia, the Virgin of Fuencisla. Bernard of Clairvaux gave Mary the title "Aqueduct of God" in the
12th century. The sculpture of Mary with the Child Jesus was added to the aqueduct in the 16th century, after the
reconstruction of 36 arches carried out during the reign of Catholic Monarchs. At the top of the motif forming an arch
are the words "ESPAÑA" (Spain) the coin issuing country, below it the year of issue "2016" and to the right of it
the letter "M" adorned with a crown, the mint mark of the Spanish mint Real Casa de la Moneda in Madrid. |
