alcazar
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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
By this loyal escort Philip was accompanied to the place of his residence, the royal alcazar of Seville.
From History of The Reign of Philip The Second King of Spain Volume The Third and Biographical & Critical Miscellanies by William Hickling Prescott
The alcazar, thus improved, became a fitting residence for the sovereign of Spain.
From History of the Reign of Philip the Second, King of Spain, Vols. 1 and 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
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
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