Alcazar or variant spellings may refer to:
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Alcázar
An alcázar, from Arabic ''al-Qasr'', is a type of Islamic castle or palace in the Iberian Peninsula (also known as al-Andalus) built during Muslim rule between the 8th and 15th centuries. They functioned as homes and regional capitals for gover ...
, a type of Islamic castle or palace in Spain and Portugal
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Arts, entertainment and literature
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Alcazar (group)
Alcazar is a Swedish nu-disco group. Alcazar is one of Sweden's most successful music groups both nationally and internationally with a string of hits since their debut single in 1999. Worldwide, Alcazar sold over 12 million records between 20 ...
, a Swedish europop/dance music group
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Alcazar: The Forgotten Fortress'', a 1985 video game
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General Alcazar, a fictional character, friend of ''Tintin''
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Spanish comic from 1940
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Teatro Alcázar, a theatre in Madrid, Spain
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Alcazar (Paris)
The Alcazar (later Alcazar d'Hiver) was a Café-concert which opened in 1858, located at 10 Rue du Faubourg Poissonière in Paris, and closed in 1902.
This café-concert was first directed by Joseph Mayer, then by Arsène Goubert who attracted th ...
(later Alcazar d'Hiver), a ''café-concert'' in Paris 1858–1902
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Alcazar d'Été
The Alcazar d'Été was a Café-concert which opened in 1869, at 8 Avenue Gabriel in Paris, and closed in 1914.
The old Café Morel behind the Élysée Palace was acquired in 1869 by Arsène Goubert who at the time was owner of the " Alcazar" a ...
, a ''café-concert'' in Paris 1860–1914
Businesses and organisations
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Alcazar Hotel (disambiguation) Alcazar Hotel, named for alcázar, Spanish for castle or fortress, from Arabic اَلْقَصْر (''al-qaṣr''), is or was the name of a number of hotels, including:
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, the name of several hotels
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Alcazar (airline)
Alcazar was a 1993 proposal to merge Austrian Airlines, KLM, Scandinavian Airlines System (SAS), and Swissair to create Symphony, which would have been Europe's largest airline.
Background
Since the 1944 signing of the Convention on International ...
, a 1993 proposed airline merger
Places
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El Alcázar, Misiones
El Alcázar (Misiones) is a village and municipality in Misiones Province in north-eastern Argentina
Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America ...
, a village in Argentina
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Alcázar de San Juan
Alcázar de San Juan is a city and municipality of Spain located in the province of Ciudad Real, autonomous community of Castilla–La Mancha. It lies on the plain of La Mancha. From the 13th to the 19th century the history of Alcázar is strongly ...
, or Alcázar, a town and municipality in Ciudad Real, Castile-La Mancha, Spain
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Alcázar del Rey, a municipality in Cuenca, Castile-La Mancha, Spain
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Alcázar of Segovia
The Alcázar of Segovia ("Segovia Castle") is a medieval castle located in the city of Segovia, in Castile and León, Spain. Rising out on a rocky crag at the western end of the old town, above the confluence of rivers Eresma and Clamores at ...
, medieval castle located in the city of Segovia, Castile and León, Spain
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Alcázar of Seville
The Royal Alcázars of Seville ( es, Reales Alcázares de Sevilla), historically known as al-Qasr al-Muriq (, ''The Verdant Palace'') and commonly known as the Alcázar of Seville (), is a royal palace in Seville, Spain, built for the Christian ...
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Alcázar of the Caliphs (Córdoba)
The Alcázar of the Caliphs or Caliphal Alcázar, also known as the Umayyad Alcázar and the Andalusian Alcazar of Cordoba, was a fortress-palace (''alcázar'') located in Córdoba, in present-day Spain. It was the seat of the government of Al-An ...
, former fortress-palace located in present-day Spain
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Alcázar of Toledo
The Alcázar of Toledo ( es, Alcázar de Toledo, ) is a stone fortification located in the highest part of Toledo, Spain. It is a large quadrangular building measuring 60 meters on a side, framed by four large towers 60 meters high, each crowned ...
, stone fortification located in the highest part of Toledo, Spain
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Alcàsser (Spanish: Alcácer), a municipality in Horta Sud, Valencian Community, Spain
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Alcácer do Sal
Alcácer do Sal () is a municipality in Portugal, located in Setúbal District. The population in 2011 was 13,046, in an area of 1499.87 km2.
History Earliest settlement
There has been human settlement in the area for more than 40,000 ye ...
, a municipality in Setúbal District, Portugal
People
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Baltasar del Alcázar
Baltasar del Alcázar (1530 in Seville, Spain
Seville (; es, Sevilla, ) is the capital and largest city of the Spanish autonomous community of Andalusia and the province of Seville. It is situated on the lower reaches of the River Guadalq ...
(1530–1606), Spanish poet
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Paco Alcácer (born 1993), Spanish footballer
Other uses
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El Alcázar'', a Spanish newspaper 1936–1988
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Alcázar Basket, a former Spanish basketball team
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Hyundai Alcazar, a crossover SUV
See also
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Alcazaba (disambiguation)
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Alcalá (disambiguation)
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Alcántara (disambiguation)
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Qasr (disambiguation)
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Alcocer (derives from a diminutive of ''alcázar''), a municipality in Castile-La Mancha, Spain
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Alcocer de Planes, a municipality in Valencia, Spain
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Alcossebre, a town in Alcalà de Xivert, Valencia, Spain
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Ksar el-Kebir (Spanish: Alcazarquivir, Portuguese: Alcácer-Quibir), a city in northwest Morocco
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Siege of the Alcázar
The Siege of the Alcázar was a highly symbolic Nationalist victory in Toledo in the opening stages of the Spanish Civil War. The Alcázar of Toledo was held by a variety of military forces in favour of the Nationalist uprising. Militias of th ...
, 1936 Spanish Civil War event in Toledo
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