Alcázar

:This article is about Spanish Alc?zars. See Alc?zar de San Juan for the town in La Mancha, or Alcazar (band) for the article on the pop group.

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An alc?zar is a Spanish castle, from the Arabic word ????? al qasr meaning 'fortress', in turn from the Latin castellum "fortress" (ultimately from castrum "watchpost"). Many cities in Spain have an alc?zar.

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• In the Alc?zar of Segovia, Queen Isabella of Castile married King Ferdinand II of Aragon. Built in the 11th century and rebuilt in the early 15th century, its Moorish influence is confined to some interior details. A fire in 1862 destroyed most of the structure, which was rebuilt about two decades later in a more romantic style than the original building, giving it the 'too-good-to-be-true' castle appearance of a Spanish Neuschwanstein.
• In Toledo, during the Spanish Civil War, the Alc?zar of Toledo was held by the Nationalist Coronel Moscardo against the Republican forces. Republican forces kidnapped Moscardo's son. They said Moscardo could either turn over Alcazar or his son would die. Moscardo did not surrender and his son was murdered in July of 1936.
• The Alc?zar of Seville was built in the 1360s by Moorish craftsmen for Pedro the Cruel who, with his mistress, Maria de Padilla, lived in and ruled from the Alcazar, and often remodeled. A UNESCO World Heritage site.

La Mancha: La Mancha is a historical and natural agricultural region in Spain to the south of Madrid, in the autonomous community of Castile-La Mancha and including parts of the provinces of Ciudad Real, Albacete, Cuenca, and Toledo....

Alcazar (band): Alcazar is a Swedish pop group who had a string of hit singles during the early 2000s decade and are continuing successfully today....

Spanish: Spanish can mean:...

Alcázar related Images and Photos (experimental)

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