page_title: Alcázar
hierarchical_section_title: Alcázar
caption_attribution_description: En el Real Alcázar de Sevilla. Más Mudéjar, columnas, arcos lobulados, escritura cúfica, agua, simetría, simplemente precioso. --- In the Real Alcázar, in Seville. More Mudejar style, columns, cusped arches, Kufic script, water, symmetry, simply beautiful.
context_page_description: An alcázar is a type of Moorish castle or palace in Spain and Portugal built during Muslim rule although the term is also used for many medieval castles built by Christians on earlier Roman, Visigothic or Moorish fortifications. Most of the alcázars were built between the 8th and 15th centuries. Many cities in Spain have an alcázar. The term is frequently used as a synonym for castillo or castle; palaces built by Christian rulers were also often called alcázars.
context_section_description: An alcázar (English: /ˈælkəzɑːr/; see below) is a type of Moorish castle or palace in Spain and Portugal built during Muslim rule although the term is also used for many medieval castles built by Christians on earlier Roman,  Visigothic or Moorish fortifications. Most of the alcázars were built between the 8th and 15th centuries. Many cities in Spain have an alcázar. The term is frequently used as a synonym for castillo or castle; palaces built by Christian rulers were also often called alcázars.
caption: A view of the Patio de las doncellas, a ṣaḥn within the Alcázar of Seville.[1]
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