Western Leone Explained
Western Leone is a Western-style theme park in the province of Almeria, Andalusia (Spain). Located at the 378.9 km mark on the A-92 motorway,[1] it is the smallest of three such theme parks in the Tabernas Desert; the other two are Mini Hollywood and Texas Hollywood.
Western Leone was originally built to film Sergio Leone's Once Upon a Time in the West (1968);[2] the large red house, around which many of the scenes in the film revolve, is maintained as an attraction, along with other buildings of a Western town.[3] It has also been used to film other Spaghetti Westerns.
In 1970, a fortress was built a short distance from Western Leone. This structure was used as a set for El Condor and later films. The fortress had fallen into disrepair by 1986.[4]
As of March 2022, it is for sale 2.5 million euros (86.000m2).[5]
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Notes and References
- Book: Kessler . Michael . McLean . Mary . Renouf . Norman . Harmsen . Debbie . Fodor's Seville, Granada & Andalusia . 1st . 2008 . . New York, United States . 978-1-4000-1868-0 . 155 . The Costa del Sol . etal . registration . https://archive.org/details/fodorssevillegra00fodo/page/155 .
- Book: Symington . Andy . Footprint Andalucía . 5th . April 2007 . . Bath, United Kingdom . 978-1-904777-63-2 . 412 . Excursions The Wild West.
- McCarthy . Andrew . Andrew McCarthy . April 2007 . The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly . . 80 . New York, United States . . 0747-0932 . April 12, 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110723124001/http://www.andrewmccarthy.com/overlays/writing_ngt_spain.html . dead . July 23, 2011.
- Book: Moya . José Enrique Martínez . Almería, un Mundo de Película . Almería, A World of Film . Almería y Los Almerienses . 11 . 1999 . Almería Studies Institute . Almeria, Spain . Spanish . 84-8108-169-8 . 367 . The Fortress of El Condor . La Fortaleza de «El Cóndor».
- News: A la venta el poblado de 'Hasta que llegó su hora': este es su precio . Evaristo . Martínez . 25 March 2022 . 30 March 2022 . . es.
