Medellin a town full of history (lien, enlace, link)
Medellín is a village in
the province of Badajoz, Extremadura, Spain, full of history.
The city was named after
the Roman general Quintus Caecilius Metellus Pius, it was originally called Metellinum.
Today it has a population
of 2,337 (2009) and an area of 65 km².
Interesting fact: The
second largest city in Colombia, Medellín, was named so in honour of
this small village as well as another city in Mexico and two in
Argentina!
The castle replaced a
10th-century fortress which was destroyed in the 14th century by
Pedro I the Cruel and rebuilt by the Infante Sancho of Castile. It
has a double walled perimeter with many round turrets and reinforcing
towers. Inside, the castle preserves a 12th-century underground
reservoir. The castle was extended in the 15th and 16th centuries.
One more word,
Medellín is the native town of Hernán
Cortés de Monroy y Pizarro, 1st Marquis of the Valley of Oaxaca;
1485 – December 2, 1547. He 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. Cortés
was part of the generation of Spanish colonizers that began the first
phase of the Spanish colonization of the Americas.
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Medellin a town full of history (lien, enlace, link)
Thank to your work, most people will learn that the colombian Medellin is named after a spanish city with a roman theater!
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