Castle of Alcocer
The castle of Alcocer was a fortified Muslim village located in the archaeological site of La Mora Encantada in the Aragonese municipality of Ateca, Zaragoza, Spain.
- Type: Abandoned locality
- Description: fort whose conquest by El Cid in 1081, is recounted in Cantar de Mío Cid
- Also known as: “Al Quşayr”, “Al Quseir”, “Al-Qusair”, “Al-Qusayr”, “Alcocer”, and “qalat of Alcocer”
Places of Interest
Highlights include La Mora Encantada and Hermitage of San Blas.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Valtorres and Terrer.
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Castle of Alcocer
- Categories: deserted medieval village, qal’a, and abandoned village
- Location: Ateca Municipality, Saragossa, Aragon, Northern Spain, Spain, Iberia, Europe
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Latitude
41.3242° or 41° 19′ 27″ north
Longitude
-1.76086° or 1° 45′ 39″ west
Elevation
625 metres (2,051 feet)
Open location code
8CHW86FQ+MM
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Spanish—“Castle of Alcocer” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “القصير”
- Aragonese: “Al Quşayr”
- Aragonese: “Al Quseir”
- Aragonese: “Al-Qusayr”
- Aragonese: “Alcocer”
- Basque: “Al Quşayr”
- Basque: “Alcocer”
- Catalan: “Al Quşayr”
- Catalan: “Al Quseir”
- Catalan: “Alcocer (Saragossa)”
- Catalan: “Alcocer”
- Catalan: “Alcoçer”
- Dutch: “Al Quşayr”
- Dutch: “Alcocer”
- French: “Al Quşayr”
- French: “Al Quseir”
- French: “Al-Qusair”
- French: “Al-Qusayr”
- French: “Alcocer”
- French: “château d’Alcocer”
- French: “Château d’Alcocer”
- Galician: “Al Quşayr”
- Galician: “Alcocer”
- German: “Al Quşayr”
- German: “Al Quseir”
- German: “Al-Qusair”
- German: “Alcocer”
- Italian: “Al Quşayr”
- Italian: “Alcocer”
- Latin: “Al Quşayr”
- Latin: “Alcocer”
- Polish: “Al Quşayr”
- Polish: “Alcocer”
- Portuguese: “Al Quşayr”
- Portuguese: “Alcocer”
- Slovenian: “Al Kusajr”
- Slovenian: “Alcocer”
- Slovenian: “grad Alcocer”
- Spanish: “Al Quşayr”
- Spanish: “Al Quseir”
- Spanish: “Al-Qusair”
- Spanish: “Al-Qusayr”
- Spanish: “Alcácer”
- Spanish: “Alcaser”
- Spanish: “Alcasser”
- Spanish: “Alcocer (Zaragoza)”
- Spanish: “Alcocer”
- Spanish: “Alcoçer”
- Spanish: “Alcoser”
- Spanish: “Castillo de Alcocer”
- Spanish: “Castillo de la Mora Encantada”
- Spanish: “Castillo de la Morica Encantada”
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