Olmedo, Valladolid
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Olmedo Location in Spain | ||
Coordinates: 41°17′20″N 4°41′00″W / 41.28889°N 4.68333°WCoordinates: 41°17′20″N 4°41′00″W / 41.28889°N 4.68333°W | ||
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• Alcalde | Alfonso Ángel Centeno Trigos (PP) | |
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• Total | 129.38 km2 (49.95 sq mi) | |
Elevation | 740 m (2,430 ft) | |
Population (2011) | ||
• Total | 3,897 | |
• Density | 30/km2 (78/sq mi) | |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) | |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) | |
Postal code | 47410 | |
Official language(s) | Spanish | |
Website | www.olmedo.es |
Olmedo is a municipality in the province of Valladolid, Spain. The Mudéjar theme park is located here.[1]
History
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.
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
- ↑ País, Ediciones El (2004-04-30). "Reportaje | Gulliver, en la vieja Castilla". El País (in Spanish). ISSN 1134-6582. Retrieved 2018-03-22.
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