When you walk around the Arlanza Valley with its
monumental rock formations you begin to feel like a real cowboy and it’s not
such a crazy idea; almost 50 years ago the director Sergio Leone filmed one of
the masterpieces of the spaghetti western: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly here.
The reason for choosing Burgos as a film set was its incredible resemblance to
the lands of New Mexico.
THE ROUTE
"The Good, the Bad and the Ugly"
With a radius of 40 km, it is located around some rural
villages like Santo Domingo de Silos, Covarrubias, Carazo and Hortigüela.
The 4 points of this route are:
1. The Monastery of San Pedro de Arlanza was used as the
Mission of San Antonio for the interior shots where Clint Eastwood is cured of
his wounds produced by the sun
2. Betterville prison camp was built near the town of
Carazo. In this passage of the film it is where Eli Wallach and Clint Eastwood
are arrested by the Union army.
3. The Battle of Langstone Bridge was shot near the
Monastery of San Pedro de Arlanza. The Arlanza river itself which magically
becomes Rio Grande and physical border between the Union and Confederate soldiers.
4. Sad Hill Cemetery is the place where the treasure is.
A cemetery built between Santo Domingo de Silos and Contreras and had more than
4,000 tombs and a diameter of 300 meters.
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