Moya

Moya stands on a hill in eastern Cuenca, near the historic approaches to Valencia and Aragón. Its old town was protected by several circuits of walls, with a castle at the southern end of the hill. Churches, a town hall and other buildings occupied the enclosed settlement.

The lordship passed to Andrés de Cabrera and Beatriz de Bobadilla in the later fifteenth century, and Moya became the centre of a marquisate. During the Castilian Revolt of the Comuneros, the town rose against its lord in 1520 and again in 1521, extending the movement across the marquisate. These disputes show that lordly authority was contested within the fortified town and its surrounding communities.