Alcazar de Segovia, Spain Rick Steves Video Tour

Introduction

 

The Alcázar of Segovia (literally, Segovia Castle) is a stone fortification, located in the old city of Segovia, Spain. Rising out on a rocky crag above the confluence of the rivers Eresma and Clamores near the Guadarrama mountains, it is one of the most distinctive castle-palaces in Spain by virtue of its shape – like the bow of a ship. The Alcázar was originally built as a fortress but has served as a royal palace, a state prison, a Royal Artillery College and a military academy since then. The castle is one of the inspirations for Walt Disney’s Cinderella Castle.

 

Video Tour of Seville and the Alcazar

Rick Steves, world renown tour guide book author, tour guide and PBS TV travel show host takes us on an HD video tour of Seville, the Moors, the Alcazar.

 

 

More Details

For more details click the Wikipedia link below.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alc%C3%A1zar_of_Segovia

 

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