Castrillo Mota de Judíos
Castrillo Mota de Judíos is a municipality located in the province of Burgos, Castile and León, Spain. The 2004 census (INE) indicated the municipality had a population of 71 inhabitants.
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Key facts
Key facts
• Official Name — Castrillo Mota de Judíos • Type — Municipality and town • Subdivision Type — Country • Subdivision Name — Spain • Subdivision Type1 — Autonomous community • Subdivision Name1 — Castile and León Castile and León • Subdivision Type2 — Province • Subdivision Name2 — * Illustration — Flag of Burgos Burgos • Subdivision Type3 — Comarca • Subdivision Name3 — Odra-Pisuerga • Established Title — Settled • Established Date — 1035 • Leader Title — Lorenzo Rodríguez • Postal Code Type — Postal code • Postal Code — 09107 • Area Total Km2 — 22.051 • Elevation M — 791 • Population Density Km2 — auto • Time Zone — CET • Utc Offset — +1 • Time Zone Dst — CEST • Utc Offset Dst — +2
Geography
Geography
The town is located on a plain area, near the river Odra, west of Burgos and northeast of Palencia. It is crossed by the roads BU-400 and BU-403.
Name
Name
The town was originally named Castrillo Motajudíos ("Jew hill camp") in 1035 when Jews fleeing from a nearby pogrom settled there; it was changed to Castrillo Matajudíos ("Jew-killer camp") in 1627 during a period of religious persecution of non-Christians in Spain (the Jews had been expelled from Spain in 1492 during the Spanish Inquisition). In June 2015 the name was changed back to Castrillo Mota de Judíos following a campaign led by mayor Lorenzo Rodríguez leading to a vote among the villagers in May 2014. There have been several anti-Jewish incidents since the name change. In 2022, the town inaugurated a Sephardic Jewish memorial center to pay tribute to its history of Sephardic Jewry.
Personalities
Personalities
• Antonio de Cabezón (1510–1566) – composer and organist
Twin towns
Twin towns
Castrillo Mota de Judíos is twinned with: • Kfar Vradim, Israel
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Notes from the source article
These works are cited by the source article, in its own numbering. They are recorded as its citations, not as sources VALÉORINE has verified.
- 1.Spanish town of Matajudíos considering changing its name to anything but 'Jew Killer'. The Huffington Post. April 11, 2014.
- 2.Castrillo Mota de Judíos.
- 3.Spanish village drops 'kill Jews' name. The Guardian. 22 June 2015.
- 4.Spain's 'Kill Jews Fort' villagers vote in favor of name change. Reuters.com. Reuters. May 25, 2014.
- 5.Jones, Sam. Antisemites again target Spanish village that dropped 'Kill Jews' name. The Guardian. 4 August 2022.
- 6.Castrillo Mota de Judíos inaugura este martes su Centro de la Memoria Sefardí. Ser 100. 7 November 2022.
- 7.Castrillo Mota de Judíos. Celebration of the fifth centenary of the birth of Antonio de Cabezón. 30 March 2010.
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1- Antonio de CabezahuecaPerson
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