Segovia

Segovia, aprovince and its capital in the N. of Spain, between the provinces of Burgos and Valladolid to N. and Madrid and Guadalajara to S. It has an area or 2,670 square miles, being for the most part a bare and lofty tablelaad. Large crops of wheat, however, are grown here, and the sheep yield fine wool. The rivers Eresma, Cega, Duraton, and Riaza, aided by careful irrigation, afford an ample supply of water. The capital, a poor place but full of Roman and Gotho-Mauresque antiquities, is placed on a rock above the Eresma, the Alcazar being at the extremity of the steep promontory. Trajan's aqueduct, the mediaeval walls and towers, the cathedral (16th century), the churches of Vera Cruz San Millan, and San Juan possess hlgh interest. There are no indnstries except a little cloth-weaving, and the place is gradually decaying.