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Castrillo Mota de Judíos

Field	Value
official_name	Castrillo Mota de Judíos
settlement_type	Municipality and town
image_flag	Bandera de Castrillo Mota de Judíos (Burgos).svg
image_shield	Escudo de Castrillo Mota de Judíos (Burgos).svg
image_skyline	Castrillo matajudios01.jpg
image_caption	View of the town in 2010
pushpin_map	Spain
pushpin_label_position	Castrillo Mota de Judíos
pushpin_map_caption	Location of Castrillo Mota de Judíos in Spain
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	Spain
subdivision_type1	Autonomous community
subdivision_name1	Castile and León Castile and León
subdivision_type2	Province
subdivision_name2	[[File:Flag Burgos Province.svg	20px	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_as_of
population_footnotes
population_total
population_density_km2	auto
timezone	CET
utc_offset	+1
timezone_DST	CEST
utc_offset_DST	+2
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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.

Geography

The town is located on a plain area, near the river Odra, 51 km west of Burgos and 54 km northeast of Palencia. It is crossed by the roads BU-400 and BU-403.

History

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

Antonio de Cabezón (1510–1566) – composer and organist

Twin towns

Castrillo Mota de Judíos is twinned with:

ISR Kfar Vradim, Israel

References

(April 11, 2014). "Spanish town of Matajudíos considering changing its name to anything but 'Jew Killer'". [[The Huffington Post]].
"Castrillo Mota de Judíos".
(22 June 2015). "Spanish village drops 'kill Jews' name". [[The Guardian]].
(May 25, 2014). "Spain's 'Kill Jews Fort' villagers vote in favor of name change".
Jones, Sam. (4 August 2022). "Antisemites again target Spanish village that dropped 'Kill Jews' name". The Guardian.
(7 November 2022). "Castrillo Mota de Judíos inaugura este martes su Centro de la Memoria Sefardí".
(30 March 2010). "Celebration of the fifth centenary of the birth of Antonio de Cabezón". Castrillo Mota de Judíos.

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