Spaghetti Western locations: - Fort Jackson

Fort Jackson Hoyos de Manzanares

By Jose Luis de Vicente

Fort Jackstone is a decoration emulated by classic wooden walls that used the ejercito de los Estados Unidos en las guerras que mantuvieron con México y con las tribes norteamericanas en le siglo XIX, como fuertes para tropas destacadas en territorios non conquistados.

As the majority of films from the West are one of the fundamental elements, it was decided in 1964 to raise Fort Jackstone three metros to the west of the main decoration, Golden City, to complete the recording scenarios.

[Fort Jackson in 1965]

[Fort Layout (Cubero, Galicia, Spain)]

 The fort featured several functional buildings, stables, and watering troughs; it measured 30 by 30 meters, with palisades standing 5 meters high.

The first movie filmed at the fort was *El séptimo de caballería* (1965), shot the year after its construction. Various other productions were filmed there while it was active, including *Héroes a la fuerza* (1966) and *Dos caraduras en Texas* (1965).

In 1968, the fort was demolished to make way for a new film set: a Chicago-style street designed for gangster movies.

Spaghetti westerns using this location:

Gli eroi del West (Heroes of Fort Worth) - 1963

El séptimo de caballería (Charge of the 7^th) – 1964

Dos Caraduras en Texas” (Fistful of Knuckles) - 1965