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===Filming locations=== [[File:Almeria 3.jpg|thumb|Decorations from the film ''[[The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly]]'' by [[Sergio Leone]] in [[Almería]], Andalusia, Spain]] Most spaghetti Westerns filmed between 1964 and 1978 were made on low budgets, and shot at [[Cinecittà|Cinecittà Studios]] and various locations around southern Italy and Spain.<ref name="Moliterno">{{cite book|last1=Moliterno|first1=Gino|title=Historical Dictionaries of Literature and the Arts 28|date=2008|publisher=Scarecrow Press|pages=338–339|chapter=Western All'Italiana}}</ref> Many of the stories take place in the dry landscapes of the [[American Southwest]] and [[Northern Mexico]], thus, common filming locations were the [[Tabernas Desert]] and the [[Cabo de Gata-Níjar Natural Park]], an area of volcanic origin known for its wide sandy beaches, both of which are in the [[Province of Almería]] in Southeastern Spain. Some sets and studios built for spaghetti Westerns survived as theme parks, such as [[Texas Hollywood]], [[Mini Hollywood]], and [[Western Leone]], and continue to be used as film sets.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.click2mojacar.co.uk/western.htm|title=Mini Hollywood Almeria, Wild West attraction in Spain|first=Ken|last=Curtis|website=click2mojacar.co.uk|access-date=8 May 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161202010517/http://www.click2mojacar.co.uk/western.htm|archive-date=2 December 2016}}</ref> Other filming locations used were in [[Central Italy|central]] and [[southern Italy]], such as the parks of Valle del Treja (between Rome and [[Viterbo]]), the area of Camposecco (next to [[Camerata Nuova]], characterized by a [[karst|karst topography]]), the hills around [[Castelluccio (Norcia)|Castelluccio]], the town of Wuustwezel and the area around the [[Gran Sasso d'Italia|Gran Sasso]] mountain, and the [[Tivoli, Italy|Tivoli]]'s quarries and [[Sardinia]]. ''[[God's Gun]]'' was filmed in Israel.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.spaghetti-western.net/index.php/Diamante_Lobo|title=Diamante Lobo - The Spaghetti Western Database|website=spaghetti-western.net|access-date=8 May 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161010004043/https://www.spaghetti-western.net/index.php/Diamante_Lobo|archive-date=10 October 2016}}</ref>
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