Capitoline Wolf, Segovia, Castile and Leon, Spain
Capitoline Wolf, bronze copy of the original in Rome, depicting the she-wolf suckling Romulus and Remus, given by Rome to the city in 1974, marking 2000 years since the aqueduct was completed, in Segovia, Castile and Leon, Spain. On the right is the Acueducto de Segovia, a Roman arched bridge used to carry water from the source of the Fuenfria river in La Acebeda to Segovia, built late 1st - early 2nd century AD, during the reigns of Claudius and Trajan. The aqueduct has 167 arches in total and at its highest is 28.5m tall. It is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
Picture No
14117041
Media ID
45960128
Size
7087px x 4725px
(8.0MB)
Credit
Manuel Cohen / Mary Evans Picture Library
Source
Photograph by Manuel Cohen
Date
2009
