Texas Hollywood

Texas Hollywood
Street view of the Western town in Texas Hollywood

Texas Hollywood is a Western-styled theme park in the province of Almería in Spain. Built in the early 1970s,[1] it lies a few kilometers to the north of the N-340 road highway (468km mark), near the town of Tabernas.[2][3] Around 1977, Rafa Molina, a stuntman, bought the set for US$6,000 to improve his job opportunities if the set was to be used for filming. In the early 1980s, he started charging visitors money to tour the set. Mock shoot-outs and barroom brawls were later added, and one of the buildings was converted into a full saloon to sell beer.[4]

The architecture buildings in Texas Hollywood are of two different styles and split between two different areas.[5] The Western set features a blacksmith, jail, hotel, gallows and clapboard buildings from the American Old West era.[4][6] The Spanish set consists of a town square, a church,[5] and houses found in a typical Mexican pueblo.[4] Texas Hollywood remains an active film set.[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ Hughes, Howard (2004). "Sundowner: An Introduction to European Westerns". Once Upon a Time in the Italian West: The Filmgoers' Guide to Spaghetti Westerns. London and New York: I.B. Tauris. p. xviii. ISBN 1-85043-430-1. 
  2. ^ Kennedy, Jeffrey (2006) [2004]. "Around Andalucía — Granada & Almería Provinces". Andalucia & Costa Del Sol. DK Eyewitness Top 10 Travel Guides. London, United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. p. 111. ISBN 978-1-4053-0270-8. 
  3. ^ Noble, John; Forsyth, Susan; Maric, Vesna (January 2007). "North of Almería". Andalucía (5th ed.). London, United Kingdom: Lonely Planet. p. 407. ISBN 978-1-7405-9973-3. 
  4. ^ a b c d McCarthy, Andrew (April 2007). "The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly". National Geographic Traveler (New York, United States: National Geographic): 80. ISSN 0747-0932. Archived from the original on April 12, 2011. http://www.webcitation.org/5xtCmAFXa. Retrieved April 12, 2011. 
  5. ^ a b Longis, Anthony De (January 21, 2001). "The Queen of Swords—The Town". Archived from the original on October 11, 2011. http://www.webcitation.org/62LwJZ0bn. Retrieved October 11, 2011. 
  6. ^ Campbell, Neil (2008). "Welcome to Westworld". The Rhizomatic West: Representing the American West in a Transnational, Global, Media Age. Postwestern Horizon. Nebraska, United States: University of Nebraska Press. p. 114. ISBN 978-0-8032-1539-9. 

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Coordinates: 37°02′55″N 2°25′17″W / 37.048739°N 2.421271°W / 37.048739; -2.421271


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