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Alcazaba (disambiguation)

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Alcazaba (Spanish: [alkaˈθaβa], Galician: [alkaˈθaβa]), alcáçova (Portuguese: [ɐɫˈkasuvɐ]) or alcassaba (Catalan: [əɫkəˈsaβə]) is a Moorish fortification in Spain and Portugal. The word derives from the Arabic word القصبة (al-qasbah), a walled-fortification in a city. It is also the name of a mountain peak in Spain. It may refer to:

Architecture

Geographic locations

  • Alcazaba (Sierra Nevada), a 3371m high mountain in Spain's Sierra Nevada range and the third highest peak in that range.