Olmedo is a

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in the

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Valladolid Valladolid ( ; ) is a Municipalities of Spain, municipality in Spain and the primary seat of government and ''de facto'' capital of the Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Castile and León. It is also the capital of the pr ...

, Spain. The Mudéjar theme park is located here.

History

Historically, there was a

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community in Olmedo in the Middle Ages, up until the 1492 expulsion of the Jews.

Museums

* Palacio Caballero de Olmedo. * Parque temático del Mudéjar de Castilla y León.

Transport

Olmedo is on the N-601 road ( Adanero-Olmedo-

– 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

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system.

Medina del Campo Medina del Campo is a town and municipality of Spain located in the autonomous community of Castile and León. Part of the Province of Valladolid, it is the centre of a farming area. It lies on the banks of the Zapardiel river, in the centre of t ...

is at the other end.

Gastronomy

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Notable people

* Juan de Sarmiento, member of the Council of the Orders and historian of the

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; * 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

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; * Alonso de Zuazo (1466–1539), judge and governor of

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; * Juan Jiménez de Montalvo (1551–?), judge of the Royal '' Audiencia'' of

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(1598–?) and acting

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(1621–22); * Jerónimo de Alderete (1516–56), conqueror of

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; * 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

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(

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2010–15), daughter of José Antonio González Caviedes.

References

External links

Official site
Municipalities in the Province of Valladolid {{Valladolid-geo-stub