Few fortifications exist on the east side, as the sheer cliff of the Rock of Gibraltar is a virtually impassable obstacle. Further fortifications occupy...
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This is a list of fortifications of Gibraltar. Bombproof Barracks Buena Vista Barracks Defensible Barracks Grand Casemates Lathbury Barracks Retrenched...
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The history of Gibraltar, a small peninsula on the southern Iberian coast near the entrance of the Mediterranean Sea, spans over 2,900 years. The peninsula...
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The tunnels of Gibraltar were constructed over the course of nearly 200 years, principally by the British Army. Within a land area of only 2.6 square...
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Moorish Castle (redirect from List of castles in Gibraltar)
medieval fortification in Gibraltar comprising various buildings, gates, and fortified walls, with the dominant features being the Tower of Homage and...
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Seville (1729), in 1730 Spain built a line of fortifications across the north of the peninsula, cutting Gibraltar off from the mainland. In 1738 a dispute...
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The Gibraltar sovereignty referendum of 2002 was a referendum, called by the Government of Gibraltar and held on 7 November 2002 within the British overseas...
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Peninsula, on the Bay of Gibraltar, near the exit of the Mediterranean Sea into the Atlantic Ocean (Strait of Gibraltar). It has an area of 6.8 km2 (2.6 sq mi)...
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Great Siege Tunnels (category Sieges of Gibraltar)
Overseas Territory of Gibraltar, also known as the Upper Galleries, are a series of tunnels inside the northern end of the Rock of Gibraltar. They were dug...
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role of the British military in the founding of the town. List of fortifications in Malta Fortifications of Rhodes Fortifications of Gibraltar Porter...
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The History of Gibraltar portrays how Gibraltar gained historical significance and a reputation Evidence of hominid inhabitation of Gibraltar dates back...
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The military history of Gibraltar during World War II exemplifies Gibraltar's position as a British fortress from the early-18th century onwards and as...
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Ravelin (category Fortification (architectural elements))
v. Fortification Rüstow, Die Lehre vom neueren Festfestungskrieg, 1860, vol. 1, p. 251. Fa & Finlayson (2006). The Fortifications of Gibraltar 1068–1945...
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watchtower in the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar close to a rock shelter where fossil remains of a Neanderthal child were discovered, together...
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"Spanish Lines", were a set of fortifications built by the Spanish across the northern part of the isthmus linking Spain with Gibraltar. They later gave their...
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Operation Felix (category Gibraltar in World War II)
on a programme of improvements to Gibraltar's fortifications, including a new network of tunnels deep inside the Rock and a system of strongpoints and...
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Imperial fortress (category Military installations of the United Kingdom)
Regiment British Forces Gibraltar Royal Navy Dockyard, Gibraltar Her Majesty's Naval Base Gibraltar HMS Rooke Fortifications of Gibraltar Alexandra Battery...
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John Fox Burgoyne (category Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath)
on the fortifications in Gibraltar in 1848 making the wise recommendation that the guns on the Devil's Tongue Battery be directed into Gibraltar Harbour...
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Operation Flavius (redirect from Gibraltar Three)
Operation Flavius (also referred to as the Gibraltar killings) was a military operation in which three members of the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA)...
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University of Gibraltar is a degree-awarding higher education institution established by the Government of Gibraltar through the University of Gibraltar Act...
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Fortress of Luxembourg (Luxembourgish: Festung Lëtzebuerg; French: Forteresse de Luxembourg; German: Festung Luxemburg) is the former fortifications of Luxembourg...
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history of the Jews in Gibraltar dates back more than 650 years. There have been periods of persecution, but for the most part the Jews of Gibraltar have...
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in the possession of Gibraltar; seeing that contrary to all the protestations made, they have not only extended their fortifications by exceeding the limits...
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The Gibraltar sovereignty referendum of 1967 was held on 10 September 1967, in which Gibraltarian citizens were asked whether they wished to pass under...
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Moorish Wall (category City walls in Gibraltar)
formed part of the southern fortifications of the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar. It was completed by 1575. The wall ran from the top of a steep...
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The Fortifications of Gibraltar 1068-1945. Osprey Publishing. p. 17. ISBN 9781846030161. Retrieved October 18, 2012. Staff writer (1877). "Gibraltar". Harper's...
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The Rock of Gibraltar (from the Arabic name Jabal Ṭāriq جبل طارق, meaning "Mountain of Tariq") is a monolithic limestone mountain 426 m (1,398 ft) high...
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Gibraltar, a British Overseas Territory, located at the southern tip of the Iberian Peninsula, is the subject of a territorial claim by Spain. It was captured...
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Giovan Giacomo Paleari Fratino (section Gibraltar)
(2006-10-31). The Fortifications of Gibraltar 1068–1945. Osprey Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84603-016-1. Retrieved 2012-10-13. "Gibraltar". Fortified Places...
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The Neanderthals in Gibraltar were among the first to be discovered by modern scientists and have been among the most well studied of their species according...
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