Spain - Straight out of the Movies

GREAT CLASSICS FILMED IN SPAIN

Orson Welles, Stanley Kubrick, David Lean and Sergio Leone are key fig- ures for all cinema buffs. These are cinema legends who saw Spain as an immense, fascinating film studio full of opportunities not to be found else- where in the world.

CABO DE GATA ALMERÍA

In Seville he was able to recreate Damascus and Cairo thanks to such classic places there as Real Alcázar Fortress and María Luisa Park . Thousands of extras from Seville took part in scenes such as the arrival of Lawrence of Arabia at the English general's barracks in Jerusalem, rec- reated in Plaza de América square and at the main entrance to the Archaeological Museum .

With Lawrence de Arabia , David Lean became the first director to claim Spain for the Hollywood film industry. This English director made use of landscapes in the Tabernas Desert and Cabo de Gata-Níjar Nature Reserve (Almería), such as Algarrobico Beach , in Carboneras, where a replica of the Jordanian port of Aqaba was built.

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