More than 16,000 people attended this year’s 13th annual Hay Festival Segovia, Spain’s largest ideas event. September saw leading writers and artists from around the world converge on the UNESCO World Heritage site for more than a week to talk, think and create, covering not just the arts, but today’s leading issues, from politics to – Read More –
A graduation ceremony for 394 students was held by IE University today at its Santa Cruz la Real campus in Segovia, Spain. Some 54% (211) were men and 46% (183) were women, and they hailed from a total of 48 countries around the world. Two hundred and seven of the students were from IE University’s – Read More –
Floraleda Sacchi, one of the best known and most original harpists on the international stage, recently gave a recital in the old church of the Santa Cruz la Real Convent in Segovia, which today serves as the Aula Magna of IE University. The concert was organized by IE University Arts Society in collaboration with pianist – Read More –
A snowstorm in the city center can bring the most wonderful gifts for a photographer, and you have to seize the opportunity when it presents itself. Today the snow has brought with it this image of two women dressed in traditional Segovian costumes looking not just highly unusual, but also kind of eerie and enigmatic. – Read More –
Architects Karen McEvoy (Ireland), Frank Barkow (Germany) and Stefano Boeri (Italy) were selected by IE University to take part in the latest edition of the Architectonic Integration Workshops organized by IE School of Architecture & Design. All three enjoy world renown for their commitment to architecture and their search for excellence in the field. Thus – Read More –
One of the strangest fashions I’ve ever known is that which consists of carrying around a stick for taking selfies. A large number of the tourists walk around the center of Segovia with one. Whenever I see them climbing up the steep steps of the Postigo area to see the aqueduct in all its glory, – Read More –
The Tucson University of Arizona (USA) is regarded as an international model on technology and engineering studies. Thanks to an agreement with IE University, 25 of its students have come to Spain on a cultural and language immersion program. On the next six weeks, the will go to classes given by professors of both institutions – Read More –
Now that it’s spring, the weather is milder, and the streets of Segovia are bustling with people from all over. The Plaza Mayor is definitely the best meeting point. It’s where everything happens, and yet it’s also a place where sometimes nothing happens. I walk through its colonnade with my camera at the ready searching – Read More –
The passers by looked like puppets in a Chinese shadow theatre with the Roman Aqueduct as the backdrop. The city center was suddenly darker because of this first snowfall of spring, and the snowflakes fell so thick and fast that I could hardly see what was happening more than a few meters in front of – Read More –
Snow suddenly began to fall heavily on the Plaza Mayor. All of us there ran for shelter – all except one woman. She stood stock still. A man rushed up to her, put his arms round her and gave her a kiss that seemed to go on forever. The two lovers ran off together down – Read More –