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Alcazar   /ˈɑlkəzˌɑr/   Listen
Alcazar

noun
1.
Any of various Spanish fortresses or palaces built by the Moors.





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... [60-1] Alcazar, Chrono-historia de la Prov. de Toledo, Dec. iii., Ano viii., cap. iv: Madrid, 1710. This rare work contains the only faithful copies of Father Rogel's letters extant. Mr. Shea, in his History of Catholic Missions, calls him ...
— The Myths of the New World - A Treatise on the Symbolism and Mythology of the Red Race of America • Daniel G. Brinton
... Spanish and of considerable genius, they had been too badly handicapped to make painting a great art in Spain. When Madrid became the capital of Spain, it had no unusual buildings, unless it was an old fortress of the Moors, the Alcazar, Caesar's house, but the nation was buying paintings from Italy, and it began to beautify Madrid, which had the advantage of the former Moorish luxury and art, very beautiful, though ...
— Pictures Every Child Should Know • Dolores Bacon


Words linked to "Alcazar" :   fortress, fort, palace


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