Olmedo, Valladolid

Olmedo is a municipality in the province of Valladolid, Spain. The Mudéjar theme park is located here.^[2]

Olmedo
Municipality
Olmedo
Coat of arms
Olmedo Location in Spain
Coordinates: 41°17′20″N 4°41′00″W
Country	Spain
Autonomous community	Castile and León
Province	Valladolid
Comarca	Tierra de Pinares
Government
• Alcalde	Alfonso Ángel Centeno Trigos (PP)
Area
• Total	129.38 km2 (49.95 sq mi)
Elevation	740 m (2,430 ft)
Population  (2018)[1]
• Total	3,654
• Density	28/km2 (73/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	47410
Official language(s)	Spanish
Website	www.olmedo.es

History

Main articles: First Battle of Olmedo and Second Battle of Olmedo

Historically, there was a Jewish community in Olmedo in the Middle Ages, up until the 1492 expulsion of the Jews.^[3]

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

• Cuisine of the province of Valladolid

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.