Olmedo, Valladolid
Olmedo is a municipality in the province of Valladolid, Spain. The Mudéjar theme park is located here.
History
Historically, there was a Jewish 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.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 de Olmedo, advisor to Hernán Cortés;
- Alonso de Zuazo, judge and governor of New Spain;
- Juan Jiménez de Montalvo, judge of the Royal Audiencia of Lima and acting Viceroy of Peru ;
- Jerónimo de Alderete, conqueror of Chile;
- Julio Valdeón Baruque, historian;
- José Antonio González Caviedes, mayor of Olmedo and Senator for the UPD and later for the Popular Party
- Miriam González Durántez, lawyer, wife of Nick Clegg, daughter of José Antonio González Caviedes.