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Iglesia Vera Cruz - Church of the True Cross #4171857
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Consecrated in 1208, Vera Cruz was built by the Knights Templar to house a fragment of the True Cross. Vera Cruz has a unique 12-sided exterior with a tower on the south side, which can be admired from the viewpoint near the Alcazar of Segovia. Its shape is patterned on the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem, where according to legend the True Cross was found by St. Helena in the 4th centur