{alcazar_building_name}Alcazar
{alcazar1_walls}Walls of Alcazar
{alcazar1_walls_desc}These walls are the base of an entire fortification and will prepare the foundations of a future Alcazar. The main difference between a castle and an Alcazar is that the Alcazar has a small city or "medina" inside. Due to this defensive construction, more people will come to work on it and your trade will increase. \n\nGAMEPLAY NOTE:Alcazar can be built in Iberia and Maghreb provinces by the 3 Iberic Catholic factions and all Muslim factions. The Almoravids can build lvl1 and lvl2 everywhere.
{alcazar1_walls_desc_short}Walls and foundations of Alcazar
{alcazar2_alcazar}Alcazar
{alcazar2_alcazar_desc}The Spanish word Alcázar, from the Arabic "al qaçr", serves to define a fortified royal residence, it also serves to name old Muslim palaces (from the Caliphate or Taifa period) rebuilt by later Christian kings. The Alcazar used to be the fortified residence of great nobles, sultans and kings and their respective families, they were normally located in the upper part of the settlements to protect themselves and keep separation from the common people. This great military building has been very present throughout Iberia and North Africa in the Middle Ages, built by both Christians and Muslims, it serves to control the area to be governed as well as to impose law and security on the populations under its control. \n\nGAMEPLAY NOTE:Alcazar can be built in Iberia and Maghreb provinces by the 3 Iberic Catholic factions and all Muslim factions. The Almoravids can build lvl1 and lvl2 everywhere. The Alcazar building also enable recruit one diplomat.
{alcazar2_alcazar_desc_short}A fortified royal residence called Alcazar
{alcazar3_granada_alhambra_gardens}Gardens of Alhambra
{alcazar3_granada_alhambra_gardens_desc} The gardens of the Alhambra or "Generalife" as they were called, were the summer residence of the sultans of the Alhambra. Created in the Nasrid period, they are the best known and most important, largely due to their age and the degree of mastery achieved in the treatment of vegetation, water and the integration of the building, thus responding to the translation of the word garden, capable of recreating the Koranic paradise longed for on earth. Generalife is a villa with gardens where the Nasrid kings would rest. For the Nasrid Kingdom, a home could not be conceived without gardens or orchards. Here, there is an orchard, and a series of courtyards designed following the guidelines of Nasrid art. A large ditch, known as the "Acequia Real", is responsible for carrying water to the plants in the garden and, later, to the Alhambra. \n\nGAMEPLAY NOTE: The Gardens of Alhambra enable coronation of the Aragonese and also Almoravid ruler.
{alcazar3_granada_alhambra_gardens_desc_short}The famous and spectaculars gardens of Alhambra
{alcazar4_granada_alhambra_castle}Alcazar of Alhambra
{alcazar4_granada_alhambra_castle_desc}The Alcazaba of the Alhambra in Granada was, of the entire monument complex, the oldest enclosure and therefore the first to be built. This enclosure, in addition to protecting the sultan, contained an entire miniature city to house the service to royalty and the sultan's guard.The Alhambra was built on the Sabika hill, one of the highest points in the city of Granada. This location sought a defensive strategic situation and at the same time represent a clear symbol, since the peak of power is very perceptible to the rest of the city, a location chosen to be contemplated. Its construction dates from the reign of Mohamed I, who ordered the construction of the main walls and the three towers: the Tower of the Candle, the Quebrada Tower and the Homage Tower. The sultan placed his residence there until the works were finished, already during the reign of his son and his successor, Mohamed II. \n\nGAMEPLAY NOTE: The Alcazar of Alhambra enables coronation of the Aragonese and also Almoravid ruler.
{alcazar4_granada_alhambra_castle_desc_short}The great Alcazar of Alhambra
{alcazar5_toledo}Alcazar of Toledo
{alcazar5_toledo_desc}The foundations of Alcazar of Toledo were founded as a Roman "praetorium" palace from the 3rd century, where the Visigoths later used it as their royal residence after proclaiming Toledo as their capital. Later, with the Muslim invasion, it was rebuilt with the aim of becoming a building for the defense of the Alcazaba. Its name originates from this time. Finally, the Castilian kings Fernando III the Saint and Alfonso X the Wise completed the eastern façade and ordered the construction of the four square towers that form the four corners of the building. The privileged situation in which it was found gave it great military strategic value. From it you can observe and control everything that happens on the horizon, which the different peoples and cultures that settled in this great construction knew and used for their own benefit. \n\nGAMEPLAY NOTE: The Alcazar of Toledo enables coronation of the Castilian, Aragonese and also Almoravid ruler.
{alcazar5_toledo_desc_short}The strategical Alcazar of Toledo
{alcazar6_zaragoza_aljaferia}Palacio de la Aljafería
{alcazar6_zaragoza_aljaferia_desc}Palacio de la Aljafería is a fortified medieval palace built in 11th century. The construction of the palace was ordered by Al-Muqtadir, ruler of the Taifa Saraqusta from the Hudid dynasty. The complex received the name of Qasr al-Surur (Palace of the Joy). After the reconquest of Zaragoza in 1118 by Alfonso I of Aragón, it became the residence of the Christian kings of the Kingdom of Aragón. It was used as a royal residence by Peter IV of Aragón (1319–1387) and, in 1492, it was converted into the palace of the Catholic Monarchs.\n\nThe style of ornamentation of the Aljafería, such as the use of mixtilinear arches and springers, the extension of arabesques over a large area, and the schematisation and progressive abstraction of the yeserias of a vegetal nature, strongly influenced Almoravid and Almohad art in the Iberian Peninsula. The shift in decoration towards more geometric motifs is at the basis of Nasrid art.\n\nGAMEPLAY NOTE: Palacio de la Aljafería enables coronation of the Aragonese and also Almoravid ruler.
{alcazar6_zaragoza_aljaferia_desc_short}Palacio de la Aljafería is a splending palace in Zaragoza.
{alcazar7_lisbon}Alcazar of Lisbon
{alcazar7_lisbon_desc}The first built fortifications date from the 1st century BC. C by the Romans, the Alcazar stands in a dominant position on the highest hill in Lisbon. Later, this Alcazar, reformed by the Muslims after the Berber invasion of Iberia, is known as the Castle of Saint George (in Portuguese: Castelo de São Jorge) by the Christian kingdoms, specifically by the Portuguese. Member of the domains of the taifa of Badajoz, at the dawn of the 12th century, before the threat represented by the forces of Yusuf ibn Tasufin, who originated from North Africa, had crossed over to the peninsula with the objective of the conquest and reunification of Almoravid domains, the ruler of Badajoz, Mutawaquil, handed it over, in the spring of 1093, to King Alfonso VI of León, aiming at a defensive alliance, which was not sustained. It continually changed hands until its final possession by Portuguese forces and European Crusaders led by Alfonso I of Portugal in the year 1147. As a token of gratitude, the castle, now Christian, was placed under the invocation of the martyr Saint George, whom many Crusaders professed devotion. Starting in the 13th century, when Lisbon became the capital of the kingdom (1255), the castle houses the Royal Palace. In its functions as the Royal Palace, it was the reception palace of Vasco de Gama, after discovering the sea route to India at the end of the 15th century. \n\nGAMEPLAY NOTE: The Alcazar of Lisbon enables coronation of the Portuguese and also Almoravidian ruler.
{alcazar7_lisbon_desc_short}Alcazar of Lisbon is a fortification called Castelo de São Jorge
{alcazar8_fes}Alcazar of Fes
{alcazar8_fes_desc} In 1069, the Almoravid emir Yusuf ibn Tashfin ordered the demolition of the old walls and the construction of a new wall around both cities (Fes el-Bali and Fes el-Jdid), thus unifying them for the first time. Although the Almoravids established their capital in Marrakech, Fez was one of their most important cities. They built a fortified kasbah (citadel) at the eastern end of the city. In 1145 the Almohad leader Abd al-Mu'min besieged and conquered the city during the Almohad overthrow of the Almoravids. Due to the fierce resistance they encountered from the local population, the Almohads demolished the city's fortifications. Finally, after the overthrow of the Almohads by the Merinids, the Merinid sultan Abu Yusuf Ya'qub decided, in 1276, to build an entirely new royal city to the west of the old city, on higher ground overlooking it. part of it became known as Fes el-Jdid ("New Fes") and included the royal palace of the sultans (Dar al-Makhzen), the state administrative quarters, and the army headquarters, all brought together in its Alcazar. \n\nGAMEPLAY NOTE: The Alcazar of Fes enables coronation of the Almoravid ruler.
{alcazar8_fes_desc_short}Alcazar of Fes is it is a reconstructed walled area where the sultan and his family live.
{alcazar9_tunis}Alcazar of Tunis
{alcazar9_tunis_desc} After the break with the Fatimid government, the Zirids began their Berber emancipation and began to build numerous fortifications to defend themselves against the continuous foreign invasions that continually threatened them as Normans from Sicily, Pisans, Genoese and their former owners the Fatimids, for this reason and as All Muslim fortifications were built the Alcazar de Tunez, to control this unstable region as well as house a fortified palace for royalty. \n\nGAMEPLAY NOTE: The Alcazar of Tunis enables coronation of the Almoravid ruler.
{alcazar9_tunis_desc_short}The walled Alcazar of Tunis
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