Cortijo del Fraile
NíjarPhoto: Pedro José Ponce Asensio · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons · Licence
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Historic site in Níjar (Almería). It is protected as a heritage site.
Guide: Cortijo del Fraile
Cortijo in the Campo de Níjar, between Rodalquilar and Los Albaricoques. This is where the so-called Níjar Crime took place, inspiring Lorca’s «Blood Wedding», and where Sergio Leone filmed scenes for his westerns with Clint Eastwood, including «A Fistful of Dollars» and «The Good, the Bad and the Ugly».
Today it is practically in ruins and is not set up for visits: it can only be viewed from outside. It belongs to the Provincial Council of Almería, which presented the Master Plan for its restoration in July 2026.
It can be reached via the ALP-824 road.
Place data from OpenStreetMap (© OSM contributors)
Protected heritage · Record in the Digital Guide of the Cultural Heritage of Andalusia (opens in a new tab) (IAPH, Junta de Andalucía, CC BY (opens in a new tab)) · read on 6 October
Text translated from Spanish with AI.