Castillo de Coca

Castle Coca lies in flat and wooded lands, the little walled town of Coca (Roman "Cauca"; birthplace of Roman Emperor Theodosius), in the Segovia province in Spain. Castle Coca was built in the 15th century by Alonso de Fonseca; the mighty archbishop of Seville, during the reign of King Enrique IV of Castile. It's made up of two square baileys separated by a passageway. Both show polygonal towers at the corners. The double walls are 2.5 m thick and it's circled by a deep dry moat. It is considered to be the highest example of brick military architecture with Mudejar filigree work. Mudejar is the architectural style of Islamic craftsmen living under Christian reign.

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