# Texas Hollywood > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Texas_Hollywood > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Texas_Hollywood.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_Hollywood > Source revision: 1325390157 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Theme park in Almería, Spain **Texas Hollywood/Fort Bravo** is a [Western](/source/Western_(genre))-styled theme park in the [province of Almería](/source/Province_of_Almer%C3%ADa) in Spain. Built in the early 1970s,[1] it lies a few kilometres to the north of the [N-340 road](/source/N-340_road_(Spain)) highway (468 km mark), near the town of [Tabernas](/source/Tabernas).[2][3] ## History Around 1977, Rafa Molina, a stuntman, bought the set for [US$](/source/United_States_dollar)6,000 to improve his job opportunities if the set was to be used for filming. In the early 1980s, he started charging visitors money to tour the set. Mock shoot-outs and barroom brawls were later added, and one of the buildings was converted into a full saloon to sell beer.[4] It is now known as Fort Bravo. ## Style The building architecture in Texas Hollywood is of two different styles built back to back split between two areas.[5] The Western set features a blacksmith, jail, hotel, [gallows](/source/Gallows) and [clapboard](/source/Clapboard_(architecture)) buildings from the [American Old West](/source/American_Old_West) era.[4][6] The Spanish set consists of a town square, a church,[5] and houses found in a typical Mexican [pueblo](/source/Pueblo).[4] Texas Hollywood remains an active film set.[4] ## Media The television series *[Queen of Swords](/source/Queen_of_Swords_(TV_series))* was filmed May 3, 2000 to December 12, 2000,[7] principally in the Spanish buildings and the surrounding [Tabernas Desert](/source/Tabernas_Desert). The Western buildings were also used for the series with the Western jail serving as the Spanish jail and one of the large Western buildings was converted into a sound stage containing the living quarters of both Senorita Alvarado and Col. Montoya.[8] The *[Doctor Who](/source/Doctor_Who)* episode "[A Town Called Mercy](/source/A_Town_Called_Mercy)" was filmed here and at [Oasys/Mini Hollywood](/source/Mini_Hollywood) in 2012.[9] [Depeche Mode](/source/Depeche_Mode)'s music video for the song *[Personal Jesus](/source/Personal_Jesus)* was filmed there. ## Photos - Fort at the entrance to Fort Bravo/Texas Hollywood - Spanish pueblo in Texas Hollywood - Street view of the Western town in Texas Hollywood - Bank used in "A Town Called Mercy" ## See also - [List of films shot in Almeria](/source/List_of_films_shot_in_Almeria) - [Mini Hollywood](/source/Mini_Hollywood) - [Western Leone](/source/Western_Leone) ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-hughes_1-0)** Hughes, Howard (2004). "Sundowner: An Introduction to European Westerns". [*Once Upon a Time in the Italian West: The Filmgoers' Guide to Spaghetti Westerns*](https://archive.org/details/isbn_9781850434306). London and New York: [I.B. Tauris](/source/I.B._Tauris). p. xviii. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [1-85043-430-1](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-85043-430-1). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Kennedy, Jeffrey (2006) [2004]. "Around Andalucía—Granada & Almería Provinces". [*Andalucia & Costa Del Sol*](https://archive.org/details/andaluciacostade00kenn). DK Eyewitness Top 10 Travel Guides. London, United Kingdom: [Dorling Kindersley](/source/Dorling_Kindersley). p. [111](https://archive.org/details/andaluciacostade00kenn/page/111). [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-1-4053-0270-8](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-4053-0270-8). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Noble, John; Forsyth, Susan; Maric, Vesna (January 2007). "North of Almería". *Andalucía* (5th ed.). London, United Kingdom: [Lonely Planet](/source/Lonely_Planet). p. 407. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-1-74059-973-3](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-74059-973-3). 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-natgeo_4-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-natgeo_4-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-natgeo_4-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-natgeo_4-3) [McCarthy, Andrew](/source/Andrew_McCarthy) (April 2007). ["The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly"](https://web.archive.org/web/20110723124001/http://www.andrewmccarthy.com/overlays/writing_ngt_spain.html). *[National Geographic Traveler](/source/National_Geographic_Traveler)*. New York, United States: [National Geographic](/source/National_Geographic_Society): 80. [ISSN](/source/ISSN_(identifier)) [0747-0932](https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0747-0932). Archived from [the original](http://www.andrewmccarthy.com/overlays/writing_ngt_spain.html) on July 23, 2011. Retrieved April 12, 2011. 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-longis_5-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-longis_5-1) [Longis, Anthony De](/source/Anthony_De_Longis) (January 21, 2001). ["The Queen of Swords—The Town"](http://www.delongis.com/SantaHelena/). [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20111117200740/http://www.delongis.com/SantaHelena/) from the original on November 17, 2011. Retrieved October 11, 2011. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** Campbell, Neil (2008). "Welcome to Westworld". *The Rhizomatic West: Representing the American West in a Transnational, Global, Media Age*. Postwestern Horizon. Nebraska, United States: [University of Nebraska Press](/source/University_of_Nebraska_Press). p. 114. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0-8032-1539-9](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-8032-1539-9). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** ["Tessie Santiago Fansite == Queen of Swords =="](https://web.archive.org/web/20110716212124/http://tessiesantiagofansite.com/TVQueenOfSwords.html). Archived from [the original](http://tessiesantiagofansite.com/TVQueenOfSwords.html) on 2011-07-16. Retrieved 2011-03-18. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** ["On the set at Santa Helena"](https://web.archive.org/web/20170301180703/http://sd2cx1.webring.org/l/rd?ring=btvslayer%3Bid%3D48%3Burl%3Dhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.delongis.com%2FLaReina%2Findex.html). Archived from [the original](http://sd2cx1.webring.org/l/rd?ring=btvslayer;id=48;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Edelongis%2Ecom%2FLaReina%2Findex%2Ehtml) on 2017-03-01. Retrieved 2012-09-17. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** Spanish link for Fort Bravo/Texas Hollywood [\[1\]](http://www.fortbravo.es/rodajes07.htm) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20120621003222/http://www.fortbravo.es/rodajes07.htm) 2012-06-21 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine) Retrieved 12 september 2012 ## External links Wikimedia Commons has media related to [Texas Hollywood](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Texas_Hollywood). - [Texas Hollywood's official site](http://fortbravooficial.com/en/) [37°02′55″N 2°25′17″W / 37.048739°N 2.421271°W / 37.048739; -2.421271](https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Texas_Hollywood¶ms=37.048739_N_2.421271_W_) This article about a location in the province of Almería, Spain, is a stub. 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