Where was Once Upon a Time in the West filmed?
1968 film by Sergio Leone
Once Upon a Time in the West (1968) was filmed in Almería, Cinecittà and La Calahorra — 3 recorded filming locations in Spain, Italy. Every one is a filming-location statement on Wikidata, not a guess.
Part of the America trilogy
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Filming locations
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🏙 Towns & cities
Almería
🇪🇸 Spain
municipality and capital of the province of Almeria, Spain
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🎬 Studios & sets
Cinecittà
🇮🇹 Italy
film studio in Rome, Italy
“Interiors for the film were shot in Cinecittà studios, Rome.” Wikipedia
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🏙 Towns & cities
La Calahorra
🇪🇸 Spain
municipality of Spain
“Shooting for scenes at Cattle Corner Station, as the location was called in the story, was scheduled for four days and was filmed at the "ghost" railway station in the municipality of La Calahorra, near Guadix, in the Province of Granada, Spain, as were the scenes of Flagstone.” Wikipedia
Also per Wikipedia's Locations section
Wikipedia’s Locations section names 3 more places. A sentence in an article is weaker evidence than a Wikidata statement, so these are listed apart, never mixed into the statement list, and the claim links straight to where it came from.
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🏞 Landscapes & nature
Tabernas Desert
🇪🇸 Spain
desert in Spain
“Scenes at the Sweetwater Ranch were filmed in the Tabernas Desert, Spain; the ranch is still located at what is now called Western Leone.” Wikipedia
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🏙 Towns & cities
Rome
🇮🇹 Italy
capital and largest city of Italy
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🏙 Towns & cities
Guadix
🇪🇸 Spain
municipality in Granada, Spain
Places whose own article says it was shot there
1 place whose own Wikipedia article names this film as something shot there, where Wikidata records nothing and this film’s own article does not say so either. The weakest evidence on this atlas: no pin on the map, and nothing in the downloads. Each sentence is quoted whole and linked to the article it came from, so it can be judged rather than taken on trust.
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Monument Valley United States
“Many more recent movies, with other directors, were also filmed in Monument Valley, including Sergio Leone's Once Upon a Time in the West (1968), the first Spaghetti Western to be filmed (in 1967) outside Europe, and Gore Verbinski's The Lone Ranger (2013).” Wikipedia
Recorded only at country level
Wikidata also records this film as shot in Arizona, Utah, without saying where. Those statements are true but unmappable — a pin in the middle of a country would claim something nobody wrote — so they are listed here instead of guessed at.
Also shot in these places
- Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade 1989
- For a Few Dollars More 1965
- Conan the Barbarian 1982
- Never Say Never Again 1983
- Wonder Woman 1984 2020
- Talk to Her 2002
- Asterix at the Olympic Games 2008
- Duck, You Sucker! 1971
- The Adventures of Baron Munchausen 1988
- The Passenger 1975
- My Name is Nobody 1973
- King of Kings 1961
Set in the same places
- Assassin's Creed III
- Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo per its source work
- Burnout Revenge
- Cleopatra
More filmed in Spain
- Game of Thrones 2011–2019
- Doctor Who 1963–
- The Good, the Bad and the Ugly 1966
- Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones 2002
- Money Heist 2017–2021
- Quantum of Solace 2008
Every filming location in Spain →
Frequently asked questions
How many filming locations does Once Upon a Time in the West have?
3 places recorded on Wikidata, and 3 places named in its Wikipedia article, labelled per Wikipedia, across 2 countries.
In which countries was Once Upon a Time in the West filmed?
Spain and Italy.
Was Once Upon a Time in the West filmed at a studio?
Yes. Cinecittà, recorded on Wikidata as a filming location.
Which other productions were filmed at the same places?
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989), For a Few Dollars More (1965), Conan the Barbarian (1982), Never Say Never Again (1983) and 8 more, each listed on this page.
Where does this information come from?
Filming location statements on Wikidata, plus places named in the production's own Wikipedia article, which are labelled per Wikipedia. Nothing is scraped from listicles and nothing is generated.