The Good, the Bad and the Ugly – Betterville Concentration Camp

This scene was filmed on a hill near the town of Carazo known as Majada de las Merinas. The set designer, Carlo Simi, built an imposing fort with deep moats, palisades, and attached buildings where the worst of the war, torture, executions, is represented. Sergio Leone was inspired by the real engravings and photographs of the American Civil War taken at the northern field of Andersonville.