Word: alcazar
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...rich in. family detail and warmth was the painting that it became a royal favorite for two generations; it now hangs in Madrid's Prado. Scholars have long since identified the room Velàsquez pictured as one in Madrid's Alcazar. They recognized the painting hanging below the ceiling in the left background as the Pallas and Arachne originally ordered by Philip IV from Rubens in 1636 for the Torre de la Parada, the royal hunting lodge near Madrid...
...week's end the Falangists gathered in the throne room of Segovia's Alcazar: a mere 300 Blue Shirts, a few army officers-some wearing the German Iron Cross-and three former army chaplains. Presiding was General Moscardo, defender of Toledo's Alcazar. At night the Falangists paraded Segovia's floodlighted streets, singing songs and shouting Falange slogans...