Western Leone spaghetti westerns. In 1970, a fortress was built a short distance from Western Leone. This structure was used as a set for "El Condor" and later films. The fortress fell into disrepair by 1986. Western Leone Western Leone is a Western-style theme park in the province of Almeria, Andalusia (Spain). Located at the 378.9 km mark on the A-92 motorway, it is the smallest of three such theme parks in the Tabernas Desert; the other two are Mini Hollywood and Texas Hollywood. Western Leone was originally built to film Sergio Leone's "Once Upon a Time in the West" (1968); the
SS Almeria Lykes (1940) Passing Gibraltar on 10 August, the convoy became Operation Pedestal, consisting 14 merchant ships escorted by a total of 23 warships at various times from 2 August. On 12 August, gunners on board "Almeria Lykes" shot down two enemy aircraft. Also on that day, an unexploded torpedo mine was caught on the bridge of "Almeria Lykes". It was safely deposited into the sea. On 13 August, "Almeria Lykes" was torpedoed at 3:14 AM by German E boat "S-36" and later, at 3:40 AM, by Italian MAS 554 off Kelibia, Tunisia. She had been under attack for 60 hours. "Almeria Lykes"