2026-07-072026-07-07http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/65741We show that a locally symmetric space of noncompact type and with finite volume is quasi-isometric to the euclidean cone over a finite simplicial complex. A detailed analysis of metric properties yields a proof of a conjecture of Siegel.23 pagesDifferential GeometryMetric Geometry20F, 22E40, 53C24Tits Geometry, Arithmetic Groups and the Proof of a Conjecture of Siegeltext