the palace of the Moorish kings in Seville, Spain: later used by Spanish kings.
alcazar, a castle or fortress of the Spanish Moors.
From Spanish, from Arabic al “the” + qaṣr, from Latin castrum “stronghold, castle”; see castle
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He pointed to a contemporary description of The Danaë at the Alcázar in 1626, when only one picture of this subject attributed to Titian was in the Spanish royal collection.
From The Guardian • Oct. 19, 2019
One of Seville’s most popular sites, Real Alcázar, doesn’t even get a mention and suggesting an open-top-bus sightseeing tour seems downright bizarre, given how demanding today’s travellers are for under-the-radar, “like a local” experiences.
From The Guardian • Jan. 9, 2019
In 1734 a huge blaze at the Alcázar palace in Madrid turned hundreds of works to ash, including many by Velázquez, Rubens and Titian.
From Economist • May 10, 2018
Dorne, home of the ill-fated Oberyn Martell from Season 4, is a Moorish fantasy of castles and gardens filmed in southern Spain, partly at the Alcázar of Seville.
From New York Times • Apr. 9, 2015
The synagogues, the Moorish mosque, the Alcázar are picturesque.
From Promenades of an Impressionist by Huneker, James
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