The Alcázar of Segovia stands on a rocky crag above the Eresma and Clamores rivers, on the site of a Roman castrum. The article says it was built by the Berber Almoravid dynasty and first mentions it in 1120, and says most of the present building dates to the House of Trastámara. It names no architect for the original build.
Alfonso X commissioned the Hall of the Kings, Catherine of Lancaster the Hall of the Galley in 1412, and John II the tower bearing his name. The text describes a Herrerian courtyard, a Spanish Gothic tower with a horseshoe arch and Mudéjar interiors. Philip II added slate spires. Two spiral staircases total 156 steps.
A fire on March 6, 1862 destroyed ceilings in the private noble rooms. A military college opened there in 1764, and the building also served as a state prison. It is open to the public as an armory museum and holds the General Military Archive.
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