# Cowboyland
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{{Short description|Amusement park located in Voghera}}
{{Infobox amusement park
| name = Cowboyland
| image = Cowboyland Voghera-1.jpg
| caption =
| resort = Cowboys' Guest Ranch
| location = [Voghera](/source/Voghera)
| location2 = [Lombardy](/source/Lombardy)
| location3 = [Italy](/source/Italy)
| coordinates = {{Coord|format=dms|display=title}}
| theme = [Western](/source/Western_(genre))
| homepage = [https://web.archive.org/web/20071021031408/http://www.cowboyland.it/ Official site]
| owner =
| general_manager =
| operator =
| opening_date = {{Start date|1995|06|03}}
| closing_date =
| previous_names = Cowboys' Guest Ranch
| season = Year-round
| visitors =
| area_ha = 5
| rides =
| coasters = 1
| water_rides = 1
| slogan = L'avventura del Far West ha inizio
(''The Far West adventure starts'')
| status = operating
| footnotes =
}}
'''Cowboyland''' is a Western-themed [amusement park](/source/amusement_park) in a [Voghera](/source/Voghera), [Lombardy](/source/Lombardy), in the northern [Italy](/source/Italy).[{{cite book|title=Parchi di divertimento per bambini|publisher=Touring Club Italiano|location=Milan|year=2009|isbn=978-88-365-4819-4|pages=78–79|language=it}}]
It's the first[{{cite web|title=Cowbyland|website=theparks.it|date=2010-11-02|url=http://www.theparks.it/cowboyland-p733/|language=it}}] and only western-themed park in Italy.[{{cite web|title=Cowboyland|website=Italia Parchi|url=http://www.italiaparchi.it/parchi-divertimento/parco-divertimento.aspx?title=Cowboyland&typecod=dati&cod=4B402A84282C652652BDF79EA40BC1&order=7&type=paramurl|access-date=2017-02-02|language=it|archive-date=2017-02-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170201230703/http://www.italiaparchi.it/parchi-divertimento/parco-divertimento.aspx?title=Cowboyland&typecod=dati&cod=4B402A84282C652652BDF79EA40BC1&order=7&type=paramurl|url-status=dead}}]
After the park's activities started, the city of Voghera got a [twin-cityhood](/source/Twin_cities) with [Cheyenne, Wyoming](/source/Cheyenne%2C_Wyoming).[{{cite web|title=Sister Cities|website=City of Cheyenne|url=http://www.cheyennecity.org/1612/Sister-Cities|access-date=2017-02-02|archive-date=2018-10-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181020095117/http://www.cheyennecity.org/1612/Sister-Cities|url-status=dead}}][{{cite news|title=Cheyenne e Voghera verso il gemellaggio|journal=La Provincia Pavese|date=2009-11-25|url=http://ricerca.gelocal.it/laprovinciapavese/archivio/laprovinciapavese/2009/11/25/PZ2PO_PZ206.html|language=it}}]
==History==
The ''Cowboys' Guest Ranch'' was officially opened on 3 June 1995. In 2001, the Cowboyland amusement park was created inside the ranch.[{{cite web|title=Cowboyland: comunicato stampa|website=Parksmania|date=2006-10-05|url=http://www.parksmania.it/2006/10/05/cowboyland-comunicato-stampa-05-10-2006/|language=it}}]
The themed park was enlarged in 2006, with a new family [roller coaster](/source/roller_coaster) and new western-themed set created by Emilio Banfi (who set also other Italian parks like [Gardaland](/source/Gardaland) and [Mirabilandia](/source/Mirabilandia_(Italy))). They also host live western shows.[{{cite web|title=Cowboyland|website=Parksmania|url=http://www.parksmania.it/parchi/cowboyland/|access-date=2017-02-02|language=it}}]
==Description==
thumb|left|Western show
The entertainment area is spread over an area of approximately 35,000 m2, next to the ''Cowboys' Guest Ranch'', with [picnic](/source/picnic) areas and various [American frontier](/source/American_frontier)-style attractions designed for children.
The park is part of the Cowboys' Guest Ranch, an area of about 50,000 square meters equipped with a number of typical animals of the [wild west](/source/American_frontier), including dozens of [horse](/source/horse)s, ponies, twenty bulls, [skunk](/source/skunk)s, [prairie dog](/source/prairie_dog)s, and others.
Inside the village of "''Cowboy town''", built by western sets, there is a 2,400 m2 indoor arena (PalaTexas), with 1,420 seats used for a [rodeo](/source/rodeo) and [Wild West Show](/source/Wild_West_Show). Inside the PalaTexas are competitions and races of the Italian and European Championship of American rodeo,[{{cite news|author=Marco Del Freo|title=Il rodeo a Voghera: quando il West è in casa|journal=Corriere della Sera|url=http://www.corriere.it/speciali/rodeo/rodeo.shtml|access-date=2017-02-02|language=it}}] and [cutting](/source/Cutting_(sport)).
The park also hosts a [Western saloon](/source/Western_saloon), an American restaurant, a shop and a western-themed hotel.
==Attractions==
thumb|right|Western music show
The main attractions of Cowboyland are:
*''American Rodeo'': American rodeo show;
*''Cattle Drive and Camp Wagon'': cattle show and food serving in the ''Chuck Wagon'';
*''Cow Town'': the little frontier town;
*''Cowboyland Railroad'': travelling on a western-style train;
*''Cowbus'': panoramic tour on a special vehicle, half [tractor](/source/tractor) and half [cow](/source/cow);
*''First Emotion'': horse riding school;
*''Fort Alamo'': children playground;
*''Goat Scramble'': visiting the park's goats;
*''Gold Mine Train'': a family [roller coaster](/source/roller_coaster) set in an old abandoned gold mine;
*''Indian River'': native-style river trip on [canoe](/source/canoe)s and tree-boats;
*''Indian Village'': visiting native [tipi](/source/tipi)s;
*''Lazo Stage'': the [lasso](/source/lasso) school;
*''Old West Game'': launch-the-chicken game, horseshoes tossing, and can shooting;
*''Pony Ride'': children riding school with ponies;
*''Ranch Animal Tour'': visiting the animals hosted in the park: [bison](/source/bison)s, [raccoon](/source/raccoon)s, [fallow deer](/source/fallow_deer)s, [cattle](/source/cattle), [goat](/source/goat)s, [sheep](/source/sheep), horses, ponies, and many others;
*''Stable Tour'': visiting the horse [stable](/source/stable)s;
*''Wyoming Ranger Quad Station'': [quad bike](/source/quad_bike) circuit;
*''Wyoming Stage'': Mr Fantasy show and country [line dancing](/source/Line_dance) show.
==References==
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==See also==
*[Voghera](/source/Voghera)
*[Oltrepò Pavese](/source/Oltrep%C3%B2_Pavese)
Category:Amusement parks in Italy
Category:Amusement parks opened in 2001
Category:Voghera
Category:1995 establishments in Italy
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