Reales Alcázares

The Alcázar of Seville, officially called Royal Alcázar of Seville (Spanish: Real Alcázar de Sevilla or Reales Alcázares de Sevilla), is a historic royal palace in Seville, Spain and one of the official residences of the Spanish royal family. It was formerly the site of the Islamic-era citadel of the city, begun in the 10th century under the Umayyads and then developed into a larger palace complex by the Abbadid dynasty (11th century) and the Almohads (12th to early 13th centuries). After the Castilian conquest of the city in 1248, the site was progressively rebuilt and replaced by new palaces and gardens. Among the most important of these is a. History Islamic era In the year 712, Seville was conquered by the Umayyad Caliphate . In the year 913–914, after a revolt against the government of Córdoba, the first emir of Córdoba , Abd al-Rahman III , built a fortified construction in place of a Visigothic Christian basilica . It was a quadrangular, roughly square enclosure about 100 metres (330 ft) long on each side, fortified with walls and rectangular towers, and annexed to the city walls. In the 11th century, during the Taifa , the Abbadid ruler al-Mu'tamid expanded the complex southwards and eastwards.