2. El Legendario spaghetti western “El Bueno, El Feo y El Malo.”

Segunda Etapa: 29km desde el precioso pueblo medieval de Covarrubias hasta el histórico monasterio de Santo Domingo de Silos.

Sergio Leone was an Italian filmmaker, considered the pioneer of the spaghetti western genre. He is widely regarded as one of the most influential directors in the history of cinema. His epic trilogy in which he teamed up with the Legendary Clint Eastwood as “The man with no name” is still consistently listed among the best rated western films in history. In 1966 he filmed the third classic movie of the trilogy, “The Good, The Bad and The Ugly”,  possibly the most well known of the trilogy in which Clint Eastwood potrays “Blondie”. Many scenes of the movie where filmed in the southern region of the province of Burgos, most notably the final scene in which the three protagonists face-off in the final duel. The Sad Hill cemetery constructed specially for that scene in the middle of a remote valley surrounded by steeply scarped mountains still remains practically untouched till today and has now become some what of a cult place for cinephiles and fans of Clint Eastwood and spaghetti westerns.

The legendary Clint Eastwood rose to international fame with his role as the “Man with no name” in Sergio leone´s Dollar trilogy and from there went on to become a cultural icon with his roles in “Every which way but loose” and as “Dirty Harry” and many more starring roles before also becoming an acclaimed film director with academy award winning titles like “Unforgiven” and a whole array of classic movies like “Invictus” and “Gran Torino”.

The are few Hollywood icons more charismatic than the  Legendary  Clint Eastwood who intitially rose to fame thanks to his passing through the province of Burgos in 1966 to film “The Good, The Bad and The Ugly.”

 


 La etapa 2 sale del  precioso pueblo medieval de Covarrubias y se dirige por la orilla del rio Arlanza varios kilómetros hasta el pueblo de Retuerta donde sube a un bosque de sabinas, pinos y encinas. Después de un largo tramo muy remoto por el bosque la etapa desciende a un precioso valle para cruzar por el legendario cementerio de “Sad Hill” donde se rodo la ultima escena de “El bueno, El Feo y el Malo”. Desde ahí la ruta sigue bajando por el valle antes de subir de nuevo a la cresta por un sendero pedregoso para enfrentarse a  un largo descenso hasta el histórico pueblo de Santo Domingo de Silos.

      

 

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