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Tablada Studios and the Western village set

Colmenar Viejo, Cuenca Alta del Manzanares, Madrid

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Tablada Studios and the Western village set

Curiosity · Colmenar Viejo, Cuenca Alta del Manzanares, Madrid

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The Lega-Michelena studios, later Tablada, operated in the Navalvillar pasture, where Spartacus, El Cid and Sergio Leone's Dollars trilogy were filmed. The Western town stood until 1973, when it was pulled down to build a helicopter base.

Photo: Cruccone (CC BY 3.0)

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