The events of the Spanish Civil War at the Alcázar made the structure a symbol for Spanish Nationalism and inspired the naming of "El Alcázar", a far-right newspaper that began during the civil war and ended during the Spanish transition to democracy as the mouthpiece for Búnker, a faction of Francoists who opposed reform after Francisco Franco's death.
Dramatična zgodba prikriva tudi dejstvo, da je bila usoda številnih moških talcev, večinoma iz "Guardia Civil" na začetku obleganja, nejasna.