Medellín, Spain
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Medellín () is a village in the
province A province is an administrative division within a country or sovereign state, state. The term derives from the ancient Roman , which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire, Roman Empire's territorial possessions ou ...
of
Badajoz Badajoz is the capital of the Province of Badajoz in the autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Extremadura, Spain. It is situated close to the Portugal, Portuguese Portugal–Spain border, border, on the left bank of the river ...
, Extremadura, Spain, notable as both the birthplace of
Hernán Cortés Hernán Cortés de Monroy y Pizarro Altamirano, 1st Marquis of the Valley of Oaxaca (December 1485 – December 2, 1547) was a Spanish ''conquistador'' who led an expedition that caused the fall of the Aztec Empire and brought large portions o ...
in 1485 and the site of the Battle of Medellín, during the
Peninsular War The Peninsular War (1808–1814) was fought in the Iberian Peninsula by Kingdom of Portugal, Portugal, Spain and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, United Kingdom against the invading and occupying forces of the First French ...
. The second-largest city in
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,
Medellín Medellín ( ; or ), officially the Special District of Science, Technology and Innovation of Medellín (), is the List of cities in Colombia, second-largest city in Colombia after Bogotá, and the capital of the department of Antioquia Departme ...
, was named in honour of the small village as well as Medellín, Veracruz in
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, two cities in
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, and Medellin, Cebu, in the
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. The city was named after the Roman general
Quintus Caecilius Metellus Pius Quintus Caecilius Metellus Pius ( – 63 BC) was a general and statesman of the Roman Republic. His father Quintus Caecilius Metellus Numidicus, Metellus Numidicus was banished from Rome through the machinations of Gaius Marius. He, because ...
, who founded it as a military base for his operations in western Iberia, during the
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. In
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, it was called ''Metellinum''. Medellín is well-known because of its cultural heritage, with places like the Roman theatre, the old
castle A castle is a type of fortification, fortified structure built during the Middle Ages predominantly by the nobility or royalty and by Military order (monastic society), military orders. Scholars usually consider a ''castle'' to be the private ...
and other archeological sites. It has a population of 2,337 (2009) and an area of 65 km2.


Gallery

File:Medellín y el Guadiana desde el camino que lleva al castillo.jpg, Medellín and the Guadiana river File:Teatro romano y castillo de Medellín.jpg, Roman theatre File:Castillo de Medellin2.jpg, Medellín Castle File:Medellín, Badajoz, Spain - panoramio (1).jpg, The bridge File:Medellin - 001 (30705547255).jpg, Hernán Cortés statue


See also

* Monument to Hernán Cortés (Medellín) *
List of municipalities in Badajoz This is a list of the municipalities in the province of Badajoz, in the autonomous community of Extremadura, Spain. List See also *Geography of Spain * List of Spanish cities {{Municipalities of Spain Badajoz Badajoz is the capital of the ...
*
Hernán Cortés Hernán Cortés de Monroy y Pizarro Altamirano, 1st Marquis of the Valley of Oaxaca (December 1485 – December 2, 1547) was a Spanish ''conquistador'' who led an expedition that caused the fall of the Aztec Empire and brought large portions o ...
*
Conquistador Conquistadors (, ) or conquistadores (; ; ) were Spanish Empire, Spanish and Portuguese Empire, Portuguese colonizers who explored, traded with and colonized parts of the Americas, Africa, Oceania and Asia during the Age of Discovery. Sailing ...


References


External links


Official website of Medellín

Municipalities in the Province of Badajoz Coloniae (Roman) Populated places established in the 1st century BC {{Badajoz-geo-stub