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    The Alcázar of Seville, officially called Royal Alcázar of Seville (Spanish: Real Alcázar de Sevilla or Reales Alcázares de Sevilla), is a historic royal...
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    An alcázar, from Arabic al-Qasr, is a type of Islamic castle or palace in Spain built during Muslim rule between the 8th and 15th centuries. They functioned...
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    registered in 1987 by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site, along with the adjoining Alcázar palace complex and the General Archive of the Indies. It is one of the...
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    comprising three buildings: the Alcázar palace complex, the Cathedral and the General Archive of the Indies. The Seville harbour, located about 80 kilometres...
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    a jurist, and nephew of the poet Baltasar del Alcázar, and was born in Seville. He studied at Seville, Cordova and Salamanca, entered the Society of...
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    The Alcazar of Segovia is a medieval castle located in the city of Segovia, in Castile and León, Spain. It has existed since at least the 12th century...
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  • sights and landmarks of Seville, Spain. The most important sights are the Alcázar, the Seville Cathedral, and the Archivo General de Indias (General Archive...
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    The siege of the Alcázar was a highly symbolic Nationalist victory in Toledo in the opening stages of the Spanish Civil War. The Alcázar of Toledo was held...
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  • Look up Alcazar, alcazar, Alcàsser, or qasr in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Alcazar or variant spellings may refer to: Alcázar, a type of Islamic castle...
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    Seville Cathedral and the Alcázar of Seville. The origin of the structure dates to 1572 when Philip II commissioned the building design from Juan de Herrera...
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    the walls still exist, especially around the Alcázar of Seville and some curtain walls in the barrio de la Macarena. The walls originally had eighteen...
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    to the Royal Alcázar of Seville for the wedding reception. After the photographs, the wedding luncheon began in the Alcázar's Patio de las Doncellas...
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    first time a tributary of Castile. The Alcázar of Seville (Reales Alcázares de Sevilla or Royal Alcázars of Seville) is a royal palace originally built as...
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    Alcázar of the Caliphs or Caliphal Alcázar, also known as the Umayyad Alcázar and the Andalusian Alcazar of Cordoba, was a fortress-palace (alcázar)...
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    Trickster of Seville and the Stone Guest (Spanish: El burlador de Sevilla y convidado de piedra) is a play traditionally attributed to Tirso de Molina, although...
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    neighborhood of Seville, Spain, and the former Jewish quarter of the medieval city. Santa Cruz is bordered by the Jardines de Murillo, the Real Alcázar, Calle...
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    Giralda (category Buildings and structures in Seville)
    registered in 1987 as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO, along with the Alcázar and the General Archive of the Indies. It remains one of the most important...
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  • The Alcázar de San Juan–Cádiz railway is an important Iberian-gauge railway line in Spain. It branches from the Madrid–Valencia railway at Alcázar de San...
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    the Plaza de los Venerables, in the center of the Barrio de Santa Cruz and close to the Murillo Gardens [es], the Seville Cathedral and Alcázar. In 1627...
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    economy in the area, which included the construction of the Alcazar Real and the Casa de Pilatos. It was built by the Pineda family, Lords of Casabermeja...
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    Torre del Oro (redirect from Torre de Oro)
    it to the Torre de la Plata, a part of the city walls that defended the Alcazar. The tower was badly damaged by the Lisbon earthquake of 1755, and the...
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  • shared with freight trains (Alcázar de San Juan–Jaén). The first 99 km of the line will use the already existing Madrid-Seville high-speed railway line....
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  • Loarre Castle (Huesca), Segovia, Ávila, Palma del Río, and Seville's Casa de Pilatos and Alcázar. The film was released on 6 May 2005 by 20th Century Fox...
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    "Albolafia (2 o 2) - Alcazar of the Christian Monarchs | Virtual Tour". alcazardelosreyescristianos.cordoba.es. Retrieved 2021-02-20. Córdoba de la Llave, Ricardo...
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    University of Seville (Universidad de Sevilla) is a university in Seville, Andalusia, Spain. Founded under the name of Colegio Santa María de Jesús in 1505...
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    to surrender the royal fortress (the location of the present-day Alcázar of Seville) in order to save their lives. He was taken prisoner to Aghmat, where...
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    It rises at Cañada de las Fuentes (village of Quesada) in the Cazorla mountain range (Jaén), flows through Córdoba and Seville and reaches the sea between...
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    World Heritage Sites in the district: the Cathedral of Seville, the Alcazar and the Archivo General de Indias. The Gothic Cathedral was built in 1403 on the...
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    Park Gardens from Alcázar of Seville. Maria Luisa Park, Seville Jardín de la Alhambra Jardín del Alcázar de Sevilla Jardín del Alcázar de Córdoba Jardín...
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    terms specified that the Castillian troops would be allowed to enter the alcázar no later than a month later. Ferdinand made his triumphant entry into the...
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