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.
- Abandoned locality
- …lies at an elevation of around 630 metres (2,050 feet)
- 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”“Alcocer”“qalat of Alcocer”
Places of Interest
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La Mora Encantada
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Villages in the Area
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Castejón de las Armas
Castejón de las Armas is a municipality located in the province of Zaragoza, Aragon, Spain.
4½ km west of Castle of Alcocer
Castle of Alcocer
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Latitude
41.3242° or 41° 19′ 27″ north
Longitude
-1.76086° or 1° 45′ 39″ west
Open location code
8CHW86FQ+MM
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Spanish—“Castle of Alcocer” goes by many names.
القصيرArabic
Al QuşayrAragonese
Al QuseirAragonese
AlcocerAragonese
Al QuşayrBasque
AlcocerBasque
Al QuşayrCatalan
Al QuseirCatalan
AlcoçerCatalan
Alcocer (Saragossa)Catalan
Al QuşayrDutch
AlcocerDutch
Al QuşayrGalician
AlcocerGalician
Al QuşayrItalian
AlcocerItalian
Al QuşayrLatin
AlcocerLatin
Al QuşayrPolish
AlcocerPolish
Al KusajrSlovenian
AlcocerSlovenian
grad AlcocerSlovenian
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