Al-Andalus

Šarīš شريش

Today: Jerez de la Frontera, Spain

Years: 711–1264

Šarīš was a market town of the fertile Guadalete plain, walled and with a fine alcázar under the Almohads. Taken by Alfonso X in 1261 and lost again in the Mudéjar revolt, it was finally Castilian in 1264.

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Alcázar de Jerez (Alcázar de Šarīš): Fortress, 12th century

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