Sad Hill Cemetery Explained
Sad Hill Cemetery |
Native Name: | Cementerio de Sad Hill |
Native Name Lang: | es |
Location: | Santo Domingo de Silos, Burgos |
Country: | Spain |
Owner: | Asociación Cultural Sad Hill |
Website: | http://www.acsadhill.es/ |
Established: | 1966 |
Abandoned: | 1966 |
Closed: | --> |
Type: | Movie set |
Style: | Western |
Interments: | 0 |
Cremations: | 0 |
Sad Hill Cemetery (es|Cementerio de Sad Hill; it|Cimitero di Sad Hill) is a tourism site and former film location in northern Spain, designed by Carlo Simi in 1966[1] and built by the Spanish Army.[2]
Significance
Sad Hill Cemetery is where the last sequence was filmed for the film The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966).[3] It was rebuilt in 2015.[4] The reconstruction was recorded in the documentary Sad Hill Unearthed (2017) by Guillermo de Oliveira.[5]
Status
In 2017, the Asociación Cultural Sad Hill (Sad Hill Cultural Association) planned to name Sad Hill Cemetery a Bien de Interés Cultural.[6]
In 2024, the Sabinares del Arlanza Natural Park announced a plan to rebuild the Betterville prisoner camp at its filmed location about 6 km from Sad Hill.The stockade will be rebuilt using thousands of Juniperus thurifera that burned in 2022 in Santo Domingo de Silos.[7]
See also
Notes and References
- Web site: Rescatan del olvido el cementerio de "El bueno, el feo y el malo" . 26 July 2016 . 7 July 2017 . es . They rescue from oblivion the cemetery of "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" . Canal Patrimonio.
- News: Cuando el Ejército de Franco construyó el cementerio de 'El bueno, el feo y el malo' . Silvia . Rodríguez Pontevedra . 19 October 2018 . 2 January 2019 . Pontevedra . es . When Franco's Army built the cemetery of 'The Good, the Bad and the Ugly' . El País.
- News: La verdadera historia del cementerio burgalés de "El bueno, el feo y el malo" . J. F. . Alonso . 18 October 2018 . 2 January 2019 . . es . The true story of the Burgos cemetery of "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly". Grupo Vocento.
- News: The Good, The Bad and The Dilapidated: cemetery where Eastwood became a star gets revamp . Kassam, Ashifa . The Guardian . 29 November 2015.
- News: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly's graveyard comes back from the dead . Jone, Sam . The Guardian . 22 June 2017.
- News: Un documental recoge la recuperación del cementerio de 'El Bueno, El Feo y El Malo' . 18 June 2017 . 2 January 2019 . es . A documentary collects the recovery of the cemetery of 'The Good, the Bad and the Ugly' . Europa Press.
- News: 'Sad Hill Unearthed', el documental sobre la reconstrucción del cementerio de 'El bueno, el feo y el malo' . 29 June 2016 . 2 January 2019 . . es . 'Sad Hill Unearthed', the documentary on the reconstruction of the cemetery of 'The Good, the Bad and the Ugly'.
- News: Why do spaghetti Western fans pilgrimage to Spain? The curious history, explained . Conde, Arturo Conde. February 26, 2019 . NBC News.
- News: Todos quieren su tumba en el cementerio burgalés de 'El bueno, el feo y el malo' . Silvia . Rodríguez Pontevedra . 14 June 2017 . es . Everyone wants their grave in the Burgos cemetery of 'The Good, the Bad and the Ugly . 2 January 2018 . . PRISA.
- News: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly location reborn in Spain . Hedgecoe, Guy . BBC News . 2 August 2017 .
- News: Camazón . Alba . Burgos recreará el campo de prisioneros de 'El bueno, el feo y el malo' con madera quemada en el incendio de 2022 . 23 January 2024 . elDiario.es . 22 January 2024 . es. Burgos will recreate the prisoner camp of 'The Good, The Bad and the Ugly' with wood burnt in the 2022 fire.