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alcazar
A building type that is a legacy of the Moorish occupation of Spain, a fortified palace found mainly in south of the country, particularly Seville and Granda.
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Alcasar, Alcazar, Alkazar: When an alcazabar was rebuilt and enlarged in stone it became an alcazar, which was used as fortified palace of the regional military governor.
The Islamic palatial tradition was continued after the reconquest with palaces which are almost entirely Islamic in conception, like that of Pedro the Cruel in the Alcazar at Seville.
 See also: Member, Capital, Church, Palace, Roman
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