Sad Hill Cemetery

Sad Hill Cemetery (Spanish: Cementerio de Sad Hill; Italian: 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]

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
Sparse crosses are seen on a plain. Hills in the background.
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

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]

See also

References
  1. "Rescatan del olvido el cementerio de "El bueno, el feo y el malo"" [They rescue from oblivion the cemetery of "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly"]. 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'" [When Franco's Army built the cemetery of 'The Good, the Bad and the Ugly']. 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"" [The true story of the Burgos cemetery of "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly"]. ABC (in Spanish). Grupo Vocento. Retrieved 2 January 2019.
    - Kassam, Ashifa (29 November 2015). "The Good, The Bad and The Dilapidated: cemetery where Eastwood became a star gets revamp". The Guardian.
    - Jone, Sam (22 June 2017). "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly's graveyard comes back from the dead". The Guardian.
  4. "Un documental recoge la recuperación del cementerio de 'El Bueno, El Feo y El Malo'" [A documentary collects the recovery of the cemetery of 'The Good, the Bad and the Ugly']. Europa Press (in Spanish). 18 June 2017. Retrieved 2 January 2019.
  5. "'Sad Hill Unearthed', el documental sobre la reconstrucción del cementerio de 'El bueno, el feo y el malo'" ['Sad Hill Unearthed', the documentary on the reconstruction of the cemetery of 'The Good, the Bad and the Ugly']. Libertad Digital (in Spanish). 29 June 2016. Retrieved 2 January 2019.
    - Conde, Arturo Conde (February 26, 2019). "Why do spaghetti Western fans pilgrimage to Spain? The curious history, explained". NBC News.
  6. Rodríguez Pontevedra, Silvia (14 June 2017). "Todos quieren su tumba en el cementerio burgalés de 'El bueno, el feo y el malo'" [Everyone wants their grave in the Burgos cemetery of 'The Good, the Bad and the Ugly]. El País (in Spanish). PRISA. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
    - Hedgecoe, Guy (2 August 2017). "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly location reborn in Spain". BBC News.
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