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From September 16 to October 14 , on Tuesday afternoons at 7:00 p.m., the 3rd Conference Series "ONCE UPON A TIME, SEGOVIA" will be held at the headquarters of the Provincial Historical Archive of Segovia. The theme will be "ROADS, ROUTES AND COMMUNICATION WAYS IN THE PROVINCE OF SEGOVIA" , with free admission until full capacity is reached.

The Provincial Historical Archive of Segovia is a cultural center whose functions include disseminating its documentary collections and raising awareness of both the content and value of what it preserves.

The difficulty of accessing this information for non-specialists requires a significant effort to disseminate information and find topics and content that appeal to everyone. Therefore, the Archive proposes organizing a series of talks aimed at all audiences, but given by specialists with firsthand knowledge of the subject.

In 2023, a series of five talks began under the title "ONCE UPON A TIME, SEGOVIA." It held its second edition last year and aims to showcase the value of historical archives focused on knowledge of the province of Segovia. This year, the theme focuses on the roads and transit routes that run through the province, defining its characteristics. This third edition will be titled "ROADS, ROUTES, AND COMMUNICATION WAYS IN THE PROVINCE OF SEGOVIA," seeking to communicate the contents of the documentation preserved over the centuries, from Roman times to the present day.

  • CONFERENCES:

September 16 , Tuesday. JESÚS ALONSO TRIGUEROS . President of the International Road Association. School of Civil Engineering. Polytechnic University of Madrid.

"The First Communication Routes and the Expansion of the Roman Road System," in which the author outlines the landscape of the Roman Empire's road system through a study of imperial edicts, commemorative inscriptions, chronicles, and other textual documents.

September 23 , Tuesday. Mª PÍA SENENT DIEZ . Director of the Provincial Historical Archive of Segovia.

"The routes of epic poems, medieval journeys, and cattle trails," a topic that addresses the darkest period in our history, the Visigoth kingdom of Toledo and the Middle Ages, through the data of chroniclers, epic poems, literary accounts, and the cattle trails of the Mesta, whose trail is traced in archival documents.

September 30 , Tuesday. JOSÉ UBALDO BERNARDOS SANZ . National University of Distance Education.

"Postal Posts and Passenger Transport until the 19th Century," which will portray how, during the Modern and Contemporary Ages, kings and governments encouraged the development of new communication routes with the aim of dominating the territory and opening up other channels of exchange by regulating the mail and the transport of goods and passengers.

October 7 , Tuesday. Eduardo Juarez Valero . Juan Carlos I University of Madrid.

"The Roads of the Bourbon Court," which will focus on the Enlightenment and its impact on the promotion of public works with the opening of new roads in the 18th century.

October 14 , Tuesday. ANTONIO ALFONSO ARCOS ÁLVAREZ. Polytechnic University of Madrid.

"Contemporary Infrastructure: Roads and Trains" concludes the lecture series and the timeline by documenting the development of infrastructure to the present day, with the current status of motorways and the high-speed train (AVE).

Address and map location

  • Postal address Archivo Histórico Provincial de Segovia - C/ Capuchinos Alta, 7. municipality of Segovia . NaN. Segovia