![]() On the other hand, she was the very woman that started the horrible, bloody Inquisition that killed thousands of innocents and forced thousands more to flee their homes. On one hand, she was an incredibly strong female leader for her time who actually chose who she got to marry. Queen Isabel of Spain was both a woman to be admired and a woman to be hated. In the fields beyond the walls, little green shoots of wheat are pushing up. The sheep bleat, their bells tinkle-I know this, even if I cannot hear them. Across the river, flocks of sheep seem to flow like a river themselves. The aqueduct built by the Romans more than a thousand years ago stretches to the horizon.įar below the castle, the Eresma River rushes through a narrow gorge. ![]() Segovia is surrounded by four thick walls, each with a heavy wooden gate. I often come up here to see what lies beyond my prison. (Cover picture courtesy of The Flying Librarian’s Hideout.)Īfter Mass this morning, I climbed the narrow, winding stone steps to a window high in one of the castle turrets. ![]()
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