alcazar

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On landing, the army hailed him as the true victor of Oran, a wave of acclamations following him as he advanced to the alcazar, where the keys of the fortress were put into his hands.

From Historical Tales - The Romance of Reality - Volume VII by Morris, Charles

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)

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

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

Here we start from M�rida, where the Roman-Moorish "alcazar" towers proudly yet.

From Life in Morocco and Glimpses Beyond by Meakin, Budgett