alcazar

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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

Then the King came forth from the cathedral and went to his palace, which then was in the residence of the alcazar in the castle.

From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 08 The Later Renaissance: from Gutenberg to the Reformation by Horne, Charles F. (Charles Francis)

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

In the ancient alcazar of the Moors he found a stately residence, which he made commodious by various alterations.

From History of the Reign of Philip the Second, King of Spain, Vols. 1 and 2 by Prescott, William Hickling

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