Sad Hill Cemetery

Sad Hill Cemetery (Spanish: Cementerio de Sad Hill; Italian: Cimitero di Sad Hill) is a tourism site and former film location designed by Carlo Simi in 1966,[1] and built by the Spanish Army.[2]

Sad Hill seen from an aerial point of view. The circle in the center is the location for the epic Mexican standoff between bounty hunter Blondie, bandit Tuco Ramìrez, and mercenary Angel Eyes.
Sad Hill Cemetery
Cementerio de Sad Hill
Panorama.
Details
Established1966
Abandoned1966
Location
Santo Domingo de Silos, Burgos
CountrySpain
Coordinates41.990429°N 3.408454°W / 41.990429; -3.408454 (Sad Hill)
TypeMovie set
StyleWestern
Owned byAsociación Cultural Sad Hill
No. of interments0
No. of cremations0
Websitehttp://www.acsadhill.es/

Significance

It was where the last sequence of the film The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966) was filmed.[3][4][5] 49 years after the filming, the cemetery was rebuilt.[6] The reconstruction was recorded in the documentary Sad Hill Unearthed (2017), by Guillermo de Oliveira.[7][8]

Status

In 2017 Asociación Cultural Sad Hill planned to state Sad Hill Cemetery as Bien de Interés Cultural.[9][10]

See also

References
  1. "Rescatan del olvido el cementerio de "El bueno, el feo y el malo"". Canal Patrimonio (in Spanish). 26 July 2016. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
  2. Rodríguez Pontevedra, Silvia (19 October 2018). "Cuando el Ejército de Franco construyó el cementerio de 'El bueno, el feo y el malo'". El País (in Spanish). Pontevedra. Retrieved 2 January 2019.
  3. Alonso, J. F. (18 October 2018). "La verdadera historia del cementerio burgalés de "El bueno, el feo y el malo"". ABC (in Spanish). Vocento. Retrieved 2 January 2019.
  4. The Good, The Bad and The Dilapidated: cemetery where Eastwood became a star gets revamp|Spain|The Guardian
  5. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly's graveyard comes back from the dead|Westerns|The Guardian
  6. "Un documental recoge la recuperación del cementerio de 'El Bueno, El Feo y El Malo'". Europa Press (in Spanish). Valladolid. 18 June 2017. Retrieved 2 January 2019.
  7. "'Sad Hill Unearthed', el documental sobre la reconstrucción del cementerio de 'El bueno, el feo y el malo'". Libertad Digital (in Spanish). 29 June 2016. Retrieved 2 January 2019.
  8. Why do spaghetti Western fans pilgrimage to Spain? The curious history, explained - NBC News
  9. Rodríguez Pontevedra, Silvia (14 June 2017). "Todos quieren su tumba en el cementerio burgalés de 'El bueno, el feo y el malo'". El País. Vigo: Prisa. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
  10. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly location reborn in Spain - BBC News
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