The answer to your question is literally on the link I posted. The reason that I posted the link was both to cite a source, and also to provide further information for anyone curious about it. If the future, please go ahead and just click a link when someone provides it!
Spaghetti westerns were called spaghetti westerns because the directors were Italian:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spaghetti_Western
TIL.
Seems starchy carb food has become part of the taxonomic system of naming western film styles.
Macaroni, spaghetti, ramen, paella
I demand that if a western gets made in Ireland it must be called a spud western.
Whenever I try to satisfy my craving for spaghetti, I always end up disappointed. I will never do that again.
and where were the spaghetti westerns shot?
The answer to your question is literally on the link I posted. The reason that I posted the link was both to cite a source, and also to provide further information for anyone curious about it. If the future, please go ahead and just click a link when someone provides it!
They were also mostly produced in Europe, particularly Italy and Spain
And they were shot in Spain.
Many were shot in Spain! The Wikipedia link also notes some were shot in Italy, and one in Israel.