Alcázar
noun
the palace of the Moorish kings in Seville, Spain: later used by Spanish kings.
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Alcázar
American
[al-kuh-zahr, al-kaz-er, ahl-kah-thahr ]
/ ˈæl kəˌzɑr, ælˈkæz ər, ɑlˈkɑ θɑr /
noun
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the palace of the Moorish kings in Seville, Spain: later used by Spanish kings.
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alcazar, a castle or fortress of the Spanish Moors.
alcazar
British
/ alˈkaθar, ˌælkəˈzɑː /
noun
Etymology
Origin of Alcázar
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 King was to arrive in a few days, returning from his yachting trip to the Canaries, and would live in the Alcázar which was being got ready for him.
From The Car of Destiny by Armand Both
A fortress first, the original structure was turned by Peter the Cruel, a lover of fine architecture, into a royal castle, or alcazar, as it was then called, the word being borrowed from the Arabic.
From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 12, No. 28, July, 1873 by Various
This alcazar is probably the best specimen of a Moorish residence remaining in Europe.
From The Picturesque Antiquities of Spain Described in a series of letters, with illustrations representing Moorish palaces, cathedrals, and other monuments of art, contained in the cities of Burgos, Valladolid, Toledo, and Seville. by Nathaniel Armstrong Wells
She held her court in the saloon of the alcazar, or royal castle, where she revived the ancient practice of the Castilian sovereigns, of presiding in person over the administration of justice.
From The History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella the Catholic — Volume 1 by William Hickling Prescott
All merchandise for exportation was to be deposited in the alcazar, where the return cargoes were to be received, and contracts made for their sale.
From The History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella the Catholic — Volume 2 by William Hickling Prescott
The traveller will now look in vain for the alcazar of El Rachid at Freixo.
From Tales from the Lands of Nuts and Grapes Spanish and Portuguese Folklore by Various
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