Los Albaricoques (formerly, Los Albercoques) is a small
town belonging to the municipality of Níjar located in Almería, Andalucía,
Spain. Its population in 2014 was 252
inhabitants. It is about 4 km away from,
one of the most outstanding sites, the Cortijo del Fraile, where the events of
Federico García Lorca's Blood Wedding
took place inside the Cabo de Gata-Níjar Natural Park. This town is well known in Níjar for the
filming of its several western films.
The name of the village comes from one of the first
settlers, nicknamed "apricot", this town throughout the decade of the
1960s was dedicated to gold mining, located very close, to the town of
Rodalquilar, when the gold ran out part of the population had to emigrate. It is currently a town that stands out for
its agriculture and livestock. Around 100 people still live in there.
The town is divided into three parts, the "Cortijada
de arriba" (where the school is located, as well as some cisterns and
farmhouses that served as a stage for the filming of several western films),
the "Cortijada de abajo" (the sports center, the Church - recently
built social room and the "era." It has a hostel-restaurant and a bar
where tapas and dishes of local cuisine are offered), and finally the "Pirulí"
or "Cerro Blanco", so called due to the whitish color of the hill
where the communities houses and cottages are located. Its festivities are celebrated on the last
weekend of July, in honor of its patron, Virgen Asunción de María. It is believed that a performing arts museum
dedicated to the Spaghetti western will be located in this small town in the
near future. Every day there are many
tourists (mostly foreigners) visiting this small town of special charm.
Hostel Alba owner Manuel Hernández has done a tremendous
job in preserving the village, reconstructing the grain grinding ring which
showcased the final duel between Col. Mortimer and Indio. He’s renamed streets
in the village after famous Spaghetti Western actors and decorating his restaurant
and hotel in western artifacts and photos from the golden days of the 1960s
when filming was a routine in the town where many locals participated as
extras.
In addition to the population center, there are several farmhouses
(some in a state of ruin) such as La Veora.
Attached to this district, there are two neighborhoods of the apricots:
La Loma and Los Martínez (old farmhouses).
Euro-westerns
filmed in Los Albaricoques
A Fistful of Dollars (1964)
For a Few Dollars More (1965)
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly - 1966
A Woman for Ringo (1966)
Ringo, The Face Of Revenge (1966)
Day of Anger (1967)
A Long Ride from Hell (1968)
Blood and Guns (1969)
El Condor (1970)
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