Olmedo, Spain
Encyclopedia
Olmedo is a municipality
in the province
of Valladolid
, Spain.
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.
Municipalities of Spain
The municipalities of Spain In other languages of Spain:*Catalan/Valencian , sing. municipi.*Galician or , sing. municipio/bisbarra.*Basque , sing. udalerria. are the basic level of Spanish local government...
in the province
Provinces of Spain
Spain and its autonomous communities are divided into fifty provinces .In other languages of Spain:*Catalan/Valencian , sing. província.*Galician , sing. provincia.*Basque |Galicia]] — are not also the capitals of provinces...
of Valladolid
Valladolid (province)
Valladolid is a province of central/northwest Spain, in the central part of the autonomous community of Castile and León. It is bordered by the provinces of Zamora, León, Palencia, Burgos, Segovia, Ávila, and Salamanca....
, Spain.
Transport
Olmedo is on the N-601N-601
The N-601 is a highway in central Spain. It connects Madrid with Leon.It starts at junction 108 km on the Autopista AP-6 north of Madrid with a junction with N-VI and N-403. The road heads north across a plain parallel to the Rio Adaja crossing the new AVE line before the Rio Eresma and Rio...
road (Adanero
Adanero
Adanero is a municipality located in the province of Ávila, Castile and León, Spain. According to the 2004 census , the municipality has a population of 322 inhabitants....
-Olmedo-Valladolid
Valladolid
Valladolid is a historic city and municipality in north-central Spain, situated at the confluence of the Pisuerga and Esgueva rivers, and located within three wine-making regions: Ribera del Duero, Rueda and Cigales...
–Medina de Rioseco
Medina de Rioseco
Medina de Rioseco is a municipality located in the province of Valladolid, Castile and León, Spain. According to the 2004 census , the municipality has a population of 5,037 inhabitants. During the Peninsular War, it was here that the Battle of Medina del Rioseco took place on July 14,...
–León
León, Spain
León is the capital of the province of León in the autonomous community of Castile and León, situated in the northwest of Spain. Its city population of 136,985 makes it the largest municipality in the province, accounting for more than one quarter of the province's population...
).
The Madrid–Valladolid high-speed rail line
Madrid–Valladolid high-speed rail line
The Madrid–Valladolid high-speed rail line opened for commercial service on 23 December 2007 and is the first instalment of a high-speed rail corridor in the north and northwest of Spain...
runs through the municipality, and Olmedo is planned to be the branching point for the high-speed line running to Zamora
Zamora, Spain
Zamora is a city in Castile and León, Spain, the capital of the province of Zamora. It lies on a rocky hill in the northwest, near the frontier with Portugal and crossed by the Duero river, which is some 50 km downstream as it reaches the Portuguese frontier...
and Galicia.
Notable people
- Juan de Sarmiento, member of the Council of the Orders and historian of the Order of AlcántaraOrder of AlcántaraThe Order of Alcántara , also called the Knights of St. Julian, was originally a military order of León, founded in 1166 and confirmed by Pope Alexander III in 1177.-Alcántara:...
; - Ignacio Ortega y Cortés, member of the Council of the Orders and assistant to Diego de CovarrubiasDiego de CovarrubiasDiego de Covarrubias y Leyva was a Spanish lawyer, politician and clergyman. He was one of the most distinguished members of the School of Salamanca during its golden age....
. - Sebastián Cortés y Cárcel, jurist;
- Brother Bartolomé Ochaita, advisor to Hernán CortésHernán CortésHernán Cortés de Monroy y Pizarro, 1st Marquis of the Valley of Oaxaca was a Spanish Conquistador who led an expedition that caused the fall of the Aztec Empire and brought large portions of mainland Mexico under the rule of the King of Castile in the early 16th century...
; - Alonso de ZuazoAlonso de ZuazoAlonso de Zuazo was a Spanish lawyer and colonial judge and governor in New Spain and in Santo Domingo. He served in New Spain during the period of Hernán Cortés's government and before the appointment of the first viceroy...
(1466–1539), judge and governor of New SpainNew SpainNew Spain, formally called the Viceroyalty of New Spain , was a viceroyalty of the Spanish colonial empire, comprising primarily territories in what was known then as 'América Septentrional' or North America. Its capital was Mexico City, formerly Tenochtitlan, capital of the Aztec Empire...
; - Juan Jiménez de MontalvoJuan Jiménez de MontalvoDoctor Juan Jiménez de Montalvo was an oidor of the Royal Audiencia of Lima, and briefly in 1621 and 1622, interim viceroy of Peru....
(1551–?), judge of the Royal Audiencia of LimaLimaLima is the capital and the largest city of Peru. It is located in the valleys of the Chillón, Rímac and Lurín rivers, in the central part of the country, on a desert coast overlooking the Pacific Ocean. Together with the seaport of Callao, it forms a contiguous urban area known as the Lima...
(1598–?) and acting ViceroyViceroyA viceroy is a royal official who runs a country, colony, or province in the name of and as representative of the monarch. The term derives from the Latin prefix vice-, meaning "in the place of" and the French word roi, meaning king. A viceroy's province or larger territory is called a viceroyalty...
of PeruPeruPeru , officially the Republic of Peru , is a country in western South America. It is bordered on the north by Ecuador and Colombia, on the east by Brazil, on the southeast by Bolivia, on the south by Chile, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean....
(1621–22); - Jerónimo de AldereteJerónimo de AldereteJerónimo de Alderete y Mercado was a Spanish conquistador who was later named governor Chile, but died before he could assume his post.-Early life:...
(1516–56), conqueror of ChileChileChile ,officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far...
; - Julio Valdeón Baruque (1936–2009), historian;
- José Antonio González CaviedesJosé Antonio Gonzàlez CaviedesJosé Antonio González Caviedes was a Spanish politician, who served as Partido Popular senator for Valladolid from 1989 until his death in 1996....
(1938–1996), mayor of Olmedo and Senator for the UPD and later for the Popular Party - Miriam González DurantezMiriam González DurántezMiriam González Durántez is a forthcoming partner of international legal practice Dechert and the wife of Liberal Democrat Party Leader and Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Rt Hon Nick Clegg MP...
(1968–), lawyer, wife of Nick CleggNick CleggNicholas William Peter "Nick" Clegg is a British Liberal Democrat politician who is currently the Deputy Prime Minister, Lord President of the Council and Minister for Constitutional and Political Reform in the coalition government of which David Cameron is the Prime Minister...
(Deputy Prime Minister of the United KingdomDeputy Prime Minister of the United KingdomThe Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a senior member of the Cabinet of the United Kingdom. The office of the Deputy Prime Minister is not a permanent position, existing only at the discretion of the Prime Minister, who may appoint to other offices...
from 2010), daughter of José Antonio González Caviedes.