Medellín, Crown of Castile

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Medellín, Crown of Castile was a small town in Extremadura, Spain, historically notable as the birthplace of the conquistador Hernán Cortés.

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Medellín (Spanish) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historic town
settlement
administrativeStatus municipality
associatedWith Spanish colonization of the Americas
surface form: Spanish conquest of the Americas

Spanish conquistadors
birthplaceOf Hernán Cortés
continent Europe
country Crown of Castile
governedBy monarchy of the Crown of Castile
hasEconomicActivity agriculture
livestock raising
hasFortification castle
hasLandUse agricultural land
hasNameInLanguage Medellín, Crown of Castile self-linksurface differs
surface form: Medellín (Spanish)
historicalAffiliation Kingdom of Castile NERFINISHED
Kingdom of León
historicalRegion Extremadura NERFINISHED
historicalRole small rural town in Extremadura
languageUsed Castilian
Spanish
locatedIn Extremadura NERFINISHED
Iberian Peninsula
Spain
locatedOnRiver Guadiana River
notableFor being the birthplace of Hernán Cortés
partOf Province of Badajoz
religion Roman Catholicism
sovereignState Crown of Castile NERFINISHED
timePeriod Spanish Golden Age
surface form: Early modern period of Spain

Late Middle Ages

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Hernán Cortés birthPlace Medellín, Crown of Castile
Medellín, Crown of Castile hasNameInLanguage Medellín, Crown of Castile self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Medellín (Spanish)