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                                                                          Tabernas 
                                                                          is a 
                                                                          village 
                                                                          that 
                                                                          nestles 
                                                                          between 
                                                                          the 
                                                                          Sierra 
                                                                          de 
                                                                          Alhamilla 
                                                                          and 
                                                                          Sierra 
                                                                          de 
                                                                          Filabres 
                                                                          in
                                                                          
                                                                          
                                                                          Almeria. 
                                                                          The 
                                                                          area 
                                                                          is 
                                                                          probably 
                                                                          best 
                                                                          known 
                                                                          for 
                                                                          featuring 
                                                                          in 
                                                                          many 
                                                                          spaghetti 
                                                                          westerns 
                                                                          over 
                                                                          the 
                                                                          years. 
                                                                          It was 
                                                                          during 
                                                                          the 
                                                                          1960's 
                                                                          that 
                                                                          the 
                                                                          area 
                                                                          reached 
                                                                          its 
                                                                          peak 
                                                                          in 
                                                                          fame 
                                                                          with 
                                                                          more 
                                                                          than 
                                                                          100 
                                                                          films 
                                                                          being 
                                                                          shot 
                                                                          here 
                                                                          due to 
                                                                          the 
                                                                          fact 
                                                                          that 
                                                                          it is 
                                                                          the 
                                                                          only 
                                                                          European 
                                                                          desert. 
                                                                          Films 
                                                                          such 
                                                                          as "A 
                                                                          Fistful 
                                                                          of 
                                                                          Dollars", 
                                                                          "The 
                                                                          Good, 
                                                                          The 
                                                                          Bad 
                                                                          And 
                                                                          The 
                                                                          Ugly" 
                                                                          and "The 
                                                                          Magnificent 
                                                                          Seven" 
                                                                          all 
                                                                          used 
                                                                          this 
                                                                          landscape. 
                                                                          For 
                                                                          anyone 
                                                                          interested 
                                                                          in 
                                                                          film 
                                                                          there 
                                                                          are 
                                                                          various 
                                                                          film 
                                                                          sets 
                                                                          built 
                                                                          in the 
                                                                          nature 
                                                                          reserve 
                                                                          of the 
                                                                          Tabernas 
                                                                          Desert, 
                                                                          three 
                                                                          of 
                                                                          these 
                                                                          are 
                                                                          now 
                                                                          theme 
                                                                          parks, 
                                                                          Mini 
                                                                          Hollywood, 
                                                                          Texas 
                                                                          Hollywood 
                                                                          and 
                                                                          Western 
                                                                          Leone. |