SEGOVIA, an ancient, large, rich, populous, and handsome city of Spain, in Old Castile, with a bishop's see, and a strong castle called Alcazar. It is adorned with handsome structures; and there are about 7000 houses, comprehending the suburbs. It is surrounded with a strong wall, flanked with towers and ramparts. Here the best cloth in Spain is made from the fine Spanish wool so much esteemed in other countries. This is one part of their trade, and another is very fine paper. The cathedral church stands on one side of the great square, and contains the statue of the Virgin Mary in massy silver. The alcazar is seated in the highest part of the town, is covered with lead, and has 16 rooms very richly adorned with tapestry, a great deal of gilding, and very fine ornaments of marble and porphyry. The royal chapel is magnificently gilded, and embellished with very fine paintings. The next most remarkable structure is the Casa de la Moneda, or the mint, whose towers are all covered with lead. It is seated in a valley, surrounded with a river, on which are mills, employed in coining, and by which every thing is done in an instant; for they can coin as much money here in a day as at other places in a month. The aqueduct is a work of the Romans, and serves to bring water into the town, being 3000 paces in length, and supported by 177 arches of a prodigious height. They consist of two rows, one placed above the other. It is seated on a mountain between two hills, near the river Arayada. W. Long. 3. 21. N. Lat. 40. 56.