Casa de los Picos
Anita Rao KashiAnita Rao Kashi|Guest Contributor|SIGHTSEEING, SEGOVIA Updated : Mar 18, 2016, 10.23 AM IST
Anita Rao Kashi
Anita Rao Kashi is a freelance travel and food writer based in Bangalore. After nearly 12 years with The Times of India in Bangalore,she went freelance in Jan 2006 to write about travel and food. Her stories have appeared in such publications as Lonely Planet Magazine India, National Geographic Magazine India, Economic Times, Jetwings, Femina, Tiger Tales, Silkwinds, Bangalore Mirror, The Star of Malaysia etc. Apart from writing for various national and international magazines, newspapers and websites, as well blogging on travel and food, she has worked on travel and food guides.
On the Royal Street, which boasts some of the magnificent structures, the first one, Casa de los Picos, usually surprises visitors. The entire façade, a bit Renaissance in style, is studded with sharp, pyramid kind of blocks and it is both forbidding but also curious. Built in the 15th century, probably to evoke a sense of hostility and protection, the pointy stones (picos) are all sculpted granite blocks. It currently houses a school of applied arts and regularly holds free contemporary art exhibitions. Entrance is usually free.
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