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Alcántara

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Alcántara , town (1990 pop. 2,213), Cáceres prov., W Spain, in Extremadura, near the Tagus River. A fine Roman bridge (Arabic al-kantara ) built (AD 105–106) in honor of Emperor Trajan and the ruins of the convent and church of the Knights of Alcántara are located in the town. The Order of Alcántara, one of the great military religious orders of Spain, established its seat in the town in the 13th cent. after the expulsion of the Moors and enjoyed a period of great splendor (13th–14th cent.).

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Alcántara

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Alcántara, Extremadura/Spain Kantarat al‐Saif ‘The Bridge’ from the Arabic al‐Qanṭarah, a reference to the old Roman bridge built in 105 over the River Tagus. It gave its name to the military Order of Alcántara, founded in 1156 to defend Christian Spain against the Moors; the Order was given to the city in 1218.

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