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Alcazar - This article is about Spanish Alcazars. See Alcazar for the article on the pop group.
An alcazar (or alczar) is a Spanish castle, from an Arabic word (القصر) meaning 'fortress'. Many cities in Spain have an alcazar. Famous Alcazars - In Toledo, during the Spanish Civil War, the Alcazar of Toledo was held by the Nationalist Coronel Moscardo against the Republican forces. Republican forces kidnapped Moscardo's son. They said Moscardo could either turn over Alcazar or his son would die. Moscardo did not surrender and his son was murdered in July of 1936.
- The Alcazar of Seville was built in the 1360s by Moorish craftsmen for Pedro the Cruel who, with his mistress, Maria de Padilla, lived in and ruled from the Alcazar, and often remodeled. A UNESCO World Heritage site.
Outside Spain, in modern Palermo, Sicily, the district still called the Cassaro corresponds to the area of ancient Punic settlement of Zis, on high ground that was refortified by the Arabs and called al Kasr and further expanded as the site of the later Norman palace. General Alcazar is also the name of a character featured in many of the Tintin comic books. External links
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