Olmedo, Valladolid

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Country Spain Comarca Tierra de Pinares Postal code 47410 Elevation 740 m Population 3,759 (2014) Province Province of Valladolid		Autonomous community Castile and León Time zone CET (UTC+1) Official language(s) Spanish Area 129.4 km² Local time Friday 7:10 AM

Weather 0°C, Wind SE at 3 km/h, 87% Humidity Points of interest Castillos de olmedo, Bodegas y Viñedos La Mejorada, Bodegas La Soterraña

Olmedo is a municipality in the province of Valladolid, Spain.

Map of Olmedo, Valladolid, Spain

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.

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 Durantez (1968–), lawyer, wife of Nick Clegg (Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom 2010–15), daughter of José Antonio González Caviedes.

References

Olmedo, Valladolid Wikipedia

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