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Coca information
Birthplace of the famous Roman emperor Theodosius
the Great. Without a doubt, the most important feature of the
town is its castle, one of the best-preserved in Spain.
The Mudejar castle of Coca is considered to be one of the finest
examples of brick military architecture. Archbishop Don Alonso
de Fonseca ordered to built it at the end of the 15th century,
during the reign of Enrique IV of Castile. It has two areas with
a square plan, flanked at the corners by polygonal towers, one
of them the Keep. It possesses richly-decorated walls distributed
around a large Renaissance courtyard and is surrounded by a deep
moat. Also worth a visit are the remains of the wall, the town's
arch and the church of Santa María la Mayor, which houses the
alabaster tomb of the Fonseca family.
Source: Web server of Instituto de Turismo de España, TURESPAÑA.