Casa+de+los+Picos

=Casa de los Picos (The House of the Peaks)=

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Casa de los Picos, or House of the Peaks in English, was the private residence of a Segovian noble in the 15th-century. It is a rather large mansion and also has a diamond shaped facade. It is now a school of applied arts and crafts. It is definitely one of the most famous mansion in Segovia and has architecture that you will not find anywhere else. Its best characteristic is its facade, which is covered entirely by granite blocks carved into pyramid-shaped reliefs.=====

There are a large amount of legends that go along with the Casa de los Picos. One being that it used to be an old Jewish home and the new owners put strange pyramid tiles on the outside. They put the tiles there to ward off evil spirits and the idea that the Jews may not have left the building. The new owners didn't like the idea that those Jewish spirits may still be with them.