alcazar

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Behind the temple the ancient alcazar, the Almudaina, flaunted its red, Moorish, almost windowless towers.

From The Dead Command From the Spanish Los Muertos Mandan by Douglas, Frances

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 Wells, Nathaniel Armstrong

No one should visit Seville without paying particular attention to the alcazar, that splendid specimen of Moorish architecture. 

From The Bible in Spain Vol. 1 [of 2] by Borrow, George Henry

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

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 Prescott, William Hickling