Olmedo, Valladolid
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| area_total_km2 = 129.38
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| timezone = CET
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| postal_code = 47410
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| leader_title = Alcalde
| leader_name = Alfonso Ángel Centeno Trigos
| leader_party = PP
| website = [http://www.olmedo.es/ www.olmedo.es]
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Olmedo is a municipality in the province of Valladolid, Spain. The Mudéjar theme park is located here.{{Cite news|url=https://elpais.com/diario/2004/04/30/madrid/1083324275_850215.html|title=Reportaje {{!}} Gulliver, en la vieja Castilla|date=2004-04-30|work=El País|access-date=2018-03-22|language=es|issn=1134-6582}}
History
{{main|First Battle of Olmedo|Second Battle of Olmedo}}
Historically, there was a Jewish community in Olmedo in the Middle Ages, up until the 1492 expulsion of the Jews.{{cite web |title=Olmedo |url=https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/olmedo |website=Jewish Virtual Library |access-date=1 July 2024}}
Museums
- Palacio Caballero de Olmedo.
- Parque temático del Mudéjar de Castilla y León.
Transport
Olmedo is on the N-601 road (Adanero-Olmedo-Valladolid–Medina de Rioseco–León).
The Madrid–Valladolid high-speed rail line runs through the municipality, and Olmedo is planned to be the branching point for the high-speed line running to Zamora and Galicia.
Olmedo is at one end of a 14.4km test track for high speed trains, and the Talgo gauge changer system. Medina del Campo is at the other end.
Gastronomy
Notable people
- Juan de Sarmiento, member of the Council of the Orders and historian of the Order of Alcántara;
- Ignacio Ortega y Cortés, member of the Council of the Orders and assistant to Diego de Covarrubias.
- Sebastián Cortés y Cárcel, jurist;
- Brother Bartolomé Ochaita, advisor to Hernán Cortés;
- Alonso de Zuazo (1466–1539), judge and governor of New Spain;
- Juan Jiménez de Montalvo (1551–?), judge of the Royal Audiencia of Lima (1598–?) and acting Viceroy of Peru (1621–22);
- Jerónimo de Alderete (1516–56), conqueror of Chile;
- Julio Valdeón Baruque (1936–2009), historian;
- José Antonio González Caviedes (1938–1996), mayor of Olmedo and Senator for the UPD and later for the Popular Party
- Miriam González Durántez (1968–), lawyer, wife of Nick Clegg (Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom 2010–15), daughter of José Antonio González Caviedes.
References
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External links
{{Commons|Olmedo}}
- [http://www.olmedo.es/ Official site]
{{Municipalities in Valladolid}}
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Category:Municipalities in the Province of Valladolid
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