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46-399: The quarter of Gandria includes the rural slopes surrounding the village and stretching along the lakeside from the neighboring quarter of Castagnola-Cassarate to the border with Italy . It also includes the slopes on the opposite, (southern) side of the lake around the small settlement of Cantine di Gandria , that are accessible only by boat or on foot. The historically protected center of

92-466: A bus service between Gandria and Lugano. The portion of Gandria on the south side of the lake, around Cantine di Gandria and the Swiss Customs Museum , has no roads. The shore-side footpath, which links the area to Caprino , is subject to rockfalls and not recommended for the inexperienced walker. The SNL provide several crossings a day from Gandria village (and central Lugano) to piers at both

138-510: A century later in 1694, the population had been reduced to only 8,000 inhabitants. In the early eighteenth century, Segovia attempted to revitalize its textile industry, with little success. In the second half of the century, Charles III made another attempt to revive the region's commerce; it took the form of the Royal Segovian Wool Manufacturing Company (1763). However, the lack of competitiveness of production caused

184-564: A convent after the expulsion of the Jews from Spain in 1492. The city of Segovia preserved also several monasteries and convents with active religious life: Urban sculpture in Segovia feature works depicting illustrious figures linked to the city, but there are also several works of a religious nature. One of the most iconic sculptures of the Loba Capitolina sits in front of the aqueduct. A copy of

230-424: A growing Jewish population and the creation of a foundation for a powerful cloth industry. Several splendid works of Gothic architecture were also completed during this period. Notably, Isabella I was proclaimed queen of Castile in the church of San Miguel de Segovia on December 13, 1474. Segovienne was a local flannel cloth used for upholstery in the 14th to 17th centuries. It was a twilled weave structure with

276-568: A hairy surface produced by using Spanish wool. Like most Castilian textile centres, Segovia joined the Revolt of the Comuneros under the command of Juan Bravo . Despite the defeat of the Communities, the city's resultant economic boom continued into the sixteenth century, its population rising to 27,000 in 1594. Then, as well as almost all the cities of Castile, Segovia entered a period of decline. Only

322-593: A population of 6,167. The municipality of Castagnola had 157 inhabitants in 1591, which increased to 214 in 1801, 419 in 1850, 1,060 in 1900, 2,926 in 1950, 4,430 in 1970, and 5,509 in 1991. 46°00′12″N 8°58′39″E  /  46.003446°N 8.977568°E  / 46.003446; 8.977568 This Ticino location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Segovia Segovia ( / s ɪ ˈ ɡ oʊ v i ə / sig- OH -vee-ə , US also / s eɪ ˈ -/ say- GOH - , Spanish: [seˈɣoβja] )

368-553: A prosperous Segovia sculptor who also created the Monument to the Youth located on the Plaza del Conde de Cheste. A few peasants have been recognized on the streets or town squares, as is the case for Aniceto Marinas, who dedicated a monument in 1943 to his friend and partner Mariano Benlliure . In the field of arms is the monument to Daoíz and Velarde , Aniceto Marina's work. By the same artist

414-503: A rail connection to Madrid Chamartín and Valladolid-Campo Grande via the AVE network's Madrid–León high-speed rail line . The city of Segovia is home to a large number of primary schools and secondary schools, the oldest of which ( IES Andrés Laguna , founded in 1841) having been officially declared "of cultural interest." A high proportion of the student population attends state primary and secondary schools, while private schooling in Segovia

460-454: A scenic lakeside trail to Lugano (Sentiero dell’olivo). In 1856 silk production began in Gandria, using leaves from local mulberry trees to feed the silkworms . Because of the difficult-to-control border, the area around Gandria became infamous for smuggling . Cigarettes, meat and alcohol were especially profitable due to high Swiss customs duties. (A notable item at the Swiss Customs Museum

506-643: Is a city in the autonomous community of Castile and León , Spain . It is the capital and most populated municipality of the Province of Segovia . Segovia is in the Inner Plateau ( Meseta central ), near the northern slopes of the Sistema Central range and on a bend of the Eresma river . The city is famous for its historic buildings including three main landmarks: its midtown Roman aqueduct , its cathedral (one of

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552-532: Is a confiscated “submarine” used to smuggle salami). The year 1935 was the beginning of a new era for Gandria, as tunnels and a new road above the lake shore connected the village to Lugano and Italy . In 2004, the municipality of Gandria merged with the city of Lugano. Since Gandria became a part of Lugano, needed infrastructure projects have been carried out, including a sewage treatment plant that went on line in August 2010. Work to place electrical lines underground

598-471: Is also a tribute to Antonio Machado ; the poet Segovia also took refuge here from 1919 to 1932, a sculpture honoring him is located in the garden of his home museum, and was done by Emiliano Barral. Religious figures such as Domingo de Soto , Pius XII , Saint Anthony Mary Claret , Saint John of the Cross have their own urban sculptures, including the first work of Ortega and several from José María García Moro,

644-461: Is inaccessible to vehicles. In addition to the higher level road, it is also possible to walk from Gandria to Lugano and other surrounding villages via the publicly maintained lakeside Olive Path hewn into the rock in 1936. A boat service between Gandria and other towns on the lake is provided by the Società Navigazione del Lago di Lugano (SNL) and is regular. The same company also operates

690-512: Is mostly religious in nature. Segovia's premier higher education institution is IE University , a business-oriented undergraduate university, building upon Instituto Empresa's successful MBA program at Madrid-based IE Business School. Also present is the Segovia campus of the University of Valladolid , offering studies for careers in computer engineering, law, journalism, advertising and education. MUCES (Muestra de Cine Europeo Ciudad de Segovia)

736-403: Is one of the films presented to the audience. The Holy Week is one of the most important cultural and religious events in all of Segovia, it is oficially considered as a Fiesta of National Tourist Interest . During the week, 10 fraternities march through the streets of Segovia: There are many due to the longevity of the city, among the main ones are: There are also other different legends in

782-463: Is ongoing. The Church of Saint Vigilio in Gandria was completed in 1463. The oldest part is the gray, unfinished wall facing the lake, adorned with memorials from well-known local families. The baroque facades were completed in the 1870s. Behind the altar of the church is a large oil painting by Giovanni and Giuseppe Torricelli that shows the martyrdom of Saint Vigilio , a bishop of Trento in Italy , who

828-629: Is the Spanish acronym to The City of Segovia Festival of European Cinema, an annual film festival which takes place in the city since 2006, usually in November. It gives the wider public a chance to get to know quality European cinema and, above all, it offers the general public an opportunity to see European films which have not yet been commercially screened in Spain, but have been very successful with critics and audiences in their own countries. "My Cat Lives in Segovia"

874-738: Is the Virgin of the Aqueduct, located in the central niche of the monument at the Plaza del Azoguejo since the 16th century; it memorializes Colmenares. A series of virgins can also be found at the Fuencisla on Velarde Street, the los Remedios in front of San Juan Gate, the Socorro at the San Andrés Gate and the del Carmen on the street of its own name, among others. Segovia also has a work by Luis Sanguino , who lives in

920-631: Is the sculpture dedicated to the list of people associated with the comunero Juan Bravo , made in 1921 and located in the heart of the city at the Square of the Sirens, the name given to two statues that top the stairs representing the mythological beings , which were made by Francisco Bellver in 1852. Other sculptures in the city include one devoted to physician Andrés Laguna made by the Segovian Florentino Trapero and located at Plaza de los Huertos,

966-860: The Sierra de Guadarrama mountains, a subrange of the Sistema Central . The main route of the Camino de Santiago de Madrid passes through the city. Segovia has a hot-summer Mediterranean climate ( Csa in the Köppen climate classification ) bordering on a cold semi-arid climate ( BSk ), resulting from the high altitude and the distance from the coast. The average annual temperature is 12.42 °C (54.4 °F), with an average low in January of 0.3 °C (32.5 °F) and an average high in July of 29.7 °C (85.5 °F). The annual precipitation range from 400 to 500 mm per year in

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1012-514: The United States . Most people work in the nearby financial center of Lugano, although there is a tradition of architects, musicians, painters, ceramic makers and other artists in the village. Gandria village and its surrounding areas are connected to Lugano , and to Italy , by the main road that runs along the northern shore of Lake Lugano . This passes above the village centre, which, by virtue of its extremely narrow streets and steep gradients,

1058-518: The Americas, and 0.435% being Asians. In 1985 the old city of Segovia and its Aqueduct were declared World Heritage Sites by UNESCO . The old city contains a multitude of historic buildings both civil and religious, including a large number of buildings of Jewish origin, notably within the old Jewish Quarter. One of the most historically important Jewish sites is the Jewish cemetery, El Pinarillo . Among

1104-560: The Cantine di Gandria and the Customs Museum. 46°00′N 9°00′E  /  46.000°N 9.000°E  / 46.000; 9.000 Castagnola-Cassarate Castagnola-Cassarate is a quarter of the city of Lugano , in the Swiss canton of Ticino . Until 1972, it was an independent municipality under the name Castagnola . Castagnola-Cassarate includes the waterfront on

1150-521: The Capitoline wolf is preserved in the Capitoline Museum and was a gift that Rome gave to the city in 1974 during the events of the bimillennial anniversary of the aqueduct. Until a few decades ago, a monument dedicated to the artist Daniel Zuloaga, which was installed in 1924, could be seen in the Plaza de la Merced, but it was relocated to the Plaza de Colmenares. Currently located in the center of

1196-504: The Celtic word keresios, a reference to a god of fertility who is always pictured with the antlers of a deer – the lake’s resemblance to the prongs of an antler can be more easily imagined when viewed from above. Rome conquered the region in 196 B.C. Tombs and artifacts from the neighbouring villages of Castagnola and Brè are testimonials to the Roman presence. Present-day Gandria, however,

1242-602: The Plaza de la Merced, looking towards the church of San Andrés is a bust of the poet Rubén Darío , sculptor Santiago de Santiago, which was donated by the Nicaragua government to the city in 1973. Letters related to the bust are also found in the Promenade Lounge, the famous poet José Rodas was first installed in 1927 in the plaza of the gardens, and moved to its present site in 1960 by the Segovian sculptor Aniceto Marinas. There

1288-421: The advantages of living near the lake. Gandria was only accessible by boat and steep trails, locals had to be self-sufficient. In addition to gardening and raising livestock, they benefited from the lake’s abundant fish. Until the unusually hard winter of 1709 killed most of the olive trees , Gandria was known for its olive oil . In recent years, olive trees have been replanted and information panels posted along

1334-619: The area notes that stones with Celtic bowl-shaped indentations, carried there by villagers in past centuries, can be seen in the walls and on doorsteps around the Church of San Vigilio. On the opposite side of the lake to Gandria village, but still within the Gandria quarter, is the Swiss Customs Museum. This was once a border post on the adjacent border with Italy , but now forms part of the Swiss National Museum . The museum covers

1380-462: The battle in 75 BC where Quintus Caecilius Metellus Pius was victorious over Quintus Sertorius and Hirtuleius . Hirtuleius died in the fighting. During the Roman period the settlement belonged to one of numerous contemporary Latin convents. It is believed that the city was abandoned after the Islamic invasion of Spain centuries later. After the conquest of Toledo by Alfonso VI of León and Castile ,

1426-418: The bust of Lope de la Calle Martín, president of the provincial council, that was made by Emiliano Barral and can be seen in the square of San Facundo, or the monument "El Favorito" by Toribio García de Andrés in the early 20th century. In addition to this series of monuments and sculptures some other religious images worth mentioning can be found in the quieter corners of the city. The most significant of these

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1472-499: The city. It is "El Mesonero Mayor de Castilla" ("The Elder Hotelkeeper of Castile"), at the Plaza del Santo Espíritu. The economy of Segovia revolves around metallurgy, agriculture, furniture, construction and tourism. The town itself plays host to thousands of day trippers from Madrid each year due to its popular attractions. Segovia is served by the Autopista AP-61 which opened in 2004. Segovia-Guiomar railway station provides

1518-463: The context of the region. The predominant forms of vegetation in the mountainous areas include pine, evergreen, oak, beech and juniper. Aside from the main city, there are a number of other villages within the municipality of Segovia. The first recorded mention of a settlement in what is today Segovia was a Celtic possession. Control later passed into the hands of the Romans. The city is a possible site of

1564-581: The crown withdraw its sponsorship in 1779. In 1764, the Royal School of Artillery, the first military academy in Spain, was opened. This academy remains present in the city today. In 1808, Segovia was sacked by French troops during the War of Independence. During the First Carlist War , troops under the command of Don Carlos, Count of Molina unsuccessfully attacked the city. During the nineteenth and first half of

1610-660: The history of smuggling in the area, and the work of customs officers to counteract it. In a modern context, it covers the work of the Swiss Federal Customs Administration and the Swiss Border Guard . Today, Gandria is a mix of tradition and modernity. Many of 200 inhabitants who live there year-round are from families that go back for many generations. Others have arrived from various cantons of Switzerland as well as countries as diverse as Colombia , Germany , Haiti , Italy , Nicaragua , Palestine and

1656-583: The immediate area around Gandria come from the iron-age people of the Celts (as of 550 B.C.). A large stone (Sasso della Predescia) carved with mysterious signs, probably used for Celtic religious purposes, is located within hiking distance. Many modern locations nearby have Celtic names. Gandria sits at the base of Mt. Brè, which means “mountain” in Celtic. The name of the Lake of Lugano in Italian, Ceresio , could be derived from

1702-459: The last ones to be built in Europe following a Gothic style), and the medieval castle , which served as one of the templates for Walt Disney 's Cinderella Castle . The city center was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1985. The name of Segovia is of Celtiberian origin. Although historians have linked its old name to Segobriga , the recent discovery of the original Roman city in

1748-412: The lower plains, and can reach above 1000 mm in the nearby mountainous area of Sierra de Guadarrama , as rainfall and snowfall is more frequent up the mountains. Decent showers coming from summer thunderstorms help the mountainous area of the province to be rainier than average than most of the central Spanish plateau, which gives the area lush vegetation. All of this make the province a damp corner in

1794-420: The most important monuments in the city are: The city maintains an important collection of Romanesque churches of both stone and brick, which include the churches of San Esteban , San Millán , San Martín , la Santísima Trinidad , San Andrés , San Clemente , Santos Justo y Pastor , Iglesia de la Vera Cruz (Order of Malta) , and San Salvador . The old main synagogue is a former synagogue, converted into

1840-524: The nearby village of Saelices discarded this possibility. The name of "Segovia" is mentioned by Livy in the context of the Sertorian War . Under the Romans and Moors , the city was called Sego([u])via ( Σεγουβία , Ptolomeo ii. 6. § 56) and Šiqūbiyyah ( شقوبية ) respectively. Segovia is located near the Eresma rivercourse (a second-order tributary of the Douro ), close to the northwestern slope of

1886-559: The north side of Lake Lugano from the outfall of the Cassarate River in the west, continuing under Monte Brè to a border with Gandria in the east. It also includes waterfront areas on the opposite, southern, side of Lake Lugano, reaching up to the border with Italy at the summit of Sighignola . The villages and settlements of Caprino , Cassarate , Castagnola , Cavallino , Ruvigliana and Suvigliana are all included. It has an area of 297 hectares (730 acres) and, in 2011, it had

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1932-626: The son of King Alfonso VI, Segovia was resettled with Christians from the north of the Iberian peninsula and beyond the Pyrenees, providing it with a significant sphere of influence whose boundaries crossed the Sierra de Guadarrama and the Tagus . Segovia's position on trading routes made it an important centre of trade in wool and textiles. The end of the Middle Ages saw something of a golden age for Segovia, with

1978-541: The twentieth century, Segovia experienced a demographic recovery that was the result of relative economic stability. The population growth experienced during the nineteenth century accelerated steadily beginning around 1920: 16,013 inhabitants recorded that year, 33,360 in 1960, and 53,237 in 1981. Since the 1980s growth has slowed markedly: 55,586 in 2004 and 56,047 in 2007. As of 1 January 2019, there were 11% of inhabitants who were foreigners – 4.478% coming from other countries in Europe, 2.37% being Africans, 3.7% being from

2024-494: The village of Gandria, which is also not accessible by car, attracts visitors from all over the world. While roads now reach the outskirts of the village, many of these visitors arrive by boat services on the lake. It is also possible to walk from Lugano to Gandria and back to Lugano via a footpath, now branded the Olive path , which passes plantations of olive trees and offers views of the Lake of Lugano. The first lasting human traces on

2070-477: Was not yet inhabited. “Gandrio” is first mentioned in archives from the bishop of Como in 1237. At the time, the village was located halfway up Mt. Bré – the ruins are still visible today along the trail to the Sasso della Predescia . In the 14th century, a new settlement was established along the lake in the present-day site. Eventually the upper part of the village was abandoned, perhaps due to fire, perhaps due to

2116-605: Was stoned to death by pagan shepherds. The connection with Gandria comes from local artisans who worked on the construction of the cathedral in Trento , and were presumably impressed by the patron saint. The Torricelli brothers also painted scenes in the house of local architect Vigilio Rabaglio, who achieved fame by designing the Bourbon royal palace in Segovia in Spain . An archeological guide to

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