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 (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 Brother Bartolomé de Olmedo, 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
External links
Official site