Ledesma still retains much of the granite stone wall that has historically surrounded the entire Villa. Most oLedesma still retains much of the granite stone wall that has historically surrounded the entire Villa. Most of what remains today was built in the time of Ferdinand II of León, in the twelfth century, although it was in the fifteenth when several canvases were renovated with well-worked ashlar masonry. In it you can see abundant marks of stonemason. Of the eight doors that it had, the only one that is conserved at present is the denominated one of the Martyrs, San Nicolás or Caldereros. Formed by two banked arches, it is framed externally by two cylindrical cubes. The courtyard of its castle-fortress was erected at the southwest end of the walled enclosure between the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. Irregular trapezoidal plant, has two access doors: the north, chaired by the shield of the Villa, and the south, flanked by two large towers. It was declared an Asset of Cultural Interest in 1949.f what remains today was built in the time of Ferdinand …