Discovery of La Olmeda Historical milestone · Pedrosa de la Vega, Vega-Valdavia, Palencia Image of Pedrosa de la Vega, not of the place itself. In the summer of 1968 Javier Cortes was moving earth on an estate of his own when, on 5 July and at sixty-five centimetres deep, the mosaic pavement appeared that uncovered the whole villa. 5 de julio de 1968 Photo: Valdavia (CC BY-SA 3.0) What to see and do in Pedrosa de la Vega