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An alcázar is a The Kingdom of Spain or Spain ( Spanish: Reino de España or España; Catalan: Regne dEspanya; Basque: Espainiako Erresuma; Galician: Reino da España) is a country located in the southwest of Europe. ...Spanish This article describes the fortified buildings. ...castle, from the Arabic is a Semitic language, closely related to Hebrew and Aramaic. ...Arabic word القصر al qasr meaning 'fortress', in turn from the Latin _ Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins/monobook/IE50Fixes. ...Latin castellum "fortress" (ultimately from castrum "watchpost"). Many cities in Spain have an alcázar.
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- Alcázar de San Juan or simply Alcázar is a town in the province of Ciudad Real is a city in Castile_La Mancha, Spain, the capital of the province of Ciudad Real. ...Ciudad Real, in the plain of 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. ...La Mancha named for its Moorish fortress, which was afterwards garrisoned by the The Knights Hospitaller (the or Knights of Malta or Knights of Rhodes) is a tradition which began as a Benedictine nursing Order founded in the 11th century based in the Holy Land, but soon became a militant Christian Chivalric Order under its own charter, and was charged with the care...knights of St John. Much of the action of Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (September 29, 1547 _ April 23, 1616), was a Spanish author, best known for his novel Don Quixote de la Mancha. ...Cervantes' Statues of Don Quixote (left) and Sancho Panza (right) Don Quixote de la Mancha ( pronounced /) is a novel by the Spanish author Miguel de Cervantes. ...Don Quixote takes place around Alcázar. The village of This article is about Spanish Alcazars. ...El Toboso was the home of the Lady Dulcinea is a fictional character who is referred to (but does not appear) in Cervantes novel Don Quixote. ...Dulcinea del Toboso; Argamasilla de Alba is declared by tradition to be the birthplace of the original of Don Quixote himself.
Alcazar of Segovia (personal photograph). ...
Alcazar of Segovia (personal photograph). ...
 The Alcázar of Segovia - In the Alcázar of Roman aqueduct in Segovia (19th Century view) Gothic Cathedral of Segovia Categories: Spain geography stubs | World Heritage Sites in Spain | Cities in Spain ...Segovia, Queen Isabella of Castile (Spanish: Ysabel, Isabel or Isabela) (22 April 1451 _ 26 November 1504) was queen of Castile. ...Isabella of Castile married King Ferdinand II of Aragon (Fernando de Aragón in Spanish and Ferran dAragó in Catalan), nicknamed the Catholic (March 10, 1452 – June 23, 1516) was king of Aragon, Castile, Sicily, Naples and Navarre and Count of Barcelona. ...Ferdinand II of Aragon. Built in the (10th century _ 11th century _ 12th century _ other centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 11th century was that century which lasted from 1001 to 1100. ...11th century and rebuilt in the early (14th century _ 15th century _ 16th century _ other centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 15th century was that century which lasted from 1401 to 1500. ...15th century, its For the terrain type see Moor Moors is used in this article to describe the medieval Muslim inhabitants of al_Andalus and the Maghreb, whose culture is often called Moorish. For other meanings look at Moors (Meaning) or Blackamoors. ...Moorish influence is confined to some interior details. A fire in Events January_March January 10 _ End of term for John Gately Downey, 7th Governor of California. ...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 Castle seen from the Marienbrücke The castle Neuschwanstein (German: Schloß Neuschwanstein) is located in Germany, near Hohenschwangau and Füssen in southwest Bavaria near the Austrian border. ...Neuschwanstein.
- In For other meanings: see Toledo (disambiguation) The façade of Toledo cathedral Toledo is a city located in central Spain, the capital of the province of Toledo and of the autonomous community of Castile_La Mancha. ...Toledo, during the Alternative meaning: Spanish Civil War, 1820_1823 A republican soldier seeks cover on the Plaza de Toros in Teruel, east of Madrid. ...Spanish Civil War, the Alcázar of For other meanings: see Toledo (disambiguation) The façade of Toledo cathedral Toledo is a city located in central Spain, the capital of the province of Toledo and of the autonomous community of Castile_La Mancha. ...Toledo was held by the Nationalist Colonel José Moscardó Ituarte (1878_1956) was a Nationalist officer fighting against the Republican government during the Spanish Civil War. ...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 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ...1936.
- The Alcázar of This article is about the city in Spain. ...Seville was built in the 1360s by Moorish craftsmen for Peter I (August 30, 1334 – March 23, 1369; Spanish: Pedro I), sometimes known as Peter the Cruel or Pedro the Cruel, was the king of Castile from 1350 to 1369. ...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.
Outside Spain, in modern (This article is about Palermo in Sicily. ...Palermo, Sicily, the district still called the Cassaro corresponds to the area of ancient Punic settlement of Zis, on high ground that was refortified by the Arabs and called القصر al qasr, and further expanded as the site of the later Norman palace.
General Alcazar is also the name of a character featured in many of the Tintin and Snowy (Tintin et Milou) are world travellers and inseparable friends in The Adventures of Tintin. ...Tintin comic books.
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