Segovia, City in Europe
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1694. The great historical, geographical and poetical dictionary by Louis Moreri.
Segovia, Ʋrbs Arevacorum, Segubia, a City of New Castile in Spain, with a Bishops See under the Archbishop of Toledo. It is situate at the Foot of a very high Mountain in a pleasant Plain, near the Bank of a small River called Erosnia, and is very rich and populous by reason of the great quantity of Cloth that is made and vended there. It is adorned with a large Market-Place, a strong Castle and a Mint, and a noble Aquaeduct supported by 177 Arches in double Rows, which reach from one Hill to another, built by Trajan, and is 20 Spanish Leagues from Toledo to the North. Long. 16. 30. Lat. 41. 15.