Madrid and Aranjuez

A few more pictures of Madrid, under the winter blue sky :)
Visit of the National Library, Archeaological Museum, and Cibeles and Castilla squares.

And then direction Aranjuez and its Royal Palace:

Segovia

The Aqueduct of Segovia is the defining historical feature of the city, dating from the late 1st or early 2nd century CE. Acknowledged as the most important Roman civil engineering work in Spain, it consists of about 25,000 granite blocks held together without any mortar, and spans 818 meters with more than 170 arches, the highest being 29 metres high.

Madrid (2)

The Temple of Debod is an ancient Egyptian temple which was dismantled and rebuilt in Madrid, Spain. It was built originally 15 kilometres south of Aswan.
In 1960, due to the construction of the Aswan High Dam and the consequent threat posed by its reservoir to numerous monuments and archeological sites, UNESCO made an international call to save this rich historical legacy.[5][6] As a sign of gratitude for the help provided by Spain in saving the temples of Abu Simbel, the Egyptian state donated the temple of Debod to Spain in 1968.

 

 

Short stop at Celicioso, Novak Djokovic's favorite bakery in Madrid:

 

Toledo

Toledo, which is located 70 km away from Madrid , was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1986 for its extensive cultural and monumental heritage and historical co-existence of Christian, Muslim and Jewish cultures.
The manufacture of swords in the city of Toledo goes back to Roman times. Between the 15th and 17th centuries the Toledo sword-making industry enjoyed a great boom, to the point where its products came to be regarded as the best in Europe.