Flat Bastion is a bastion which projects southward from the Charles V Wall in the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar. Once known as the St. Jago's...
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besieged. A flat bastion is one built in the middle of a curtain, or enclosed court, when the court is too large to be defended by the bastions at its extremes...
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The Flat Bastion Magazine is a 19th-century magazine in the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar. It is located within the Flat Bastion, a fortification...
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Flat Bastion Road is a road in Gibraltar, the British Overseas Territory at the southern end of the Iberian Peninsula. The road runs north–south, providing...
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Gibraltar. Examples of bastions that have orillons include the Flat Bastion (Spanish: Baluarte de Santiago) and the South Bastion (Spanish: Baluarte de...
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Streets in Gibraltar (section Flat Bastion Road)
popularly Calle Comedia) runs to the east of the town, to the north of Flat Bastion Road. It is divided into several parts which are named Upper Castle and...
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King's Bastion is a coastal bastion on the western front of the fortifications of the British overseas territory of Gibraltar, protruding from the Line...
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Yacht Club Batteries, Bastions and Walls Breakneck Battery Charles V Wall Devil's Gap Battery King's Bastion Flat Bastion Flat Bastion Magazine Levant Battery...
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were: AROW Street Beefsteak Magazine Brewery Magazine Calpe Hospital Flat Bastion Hospital Fordham's Accommodation Fosse Way Magazine Gort's Hospital Great...
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Yacht Club Batteries, Bastions and Walls Breakneck Battery Charles V Wall Devil's Gap Battery King's Bastion Flat Bastion Flat Bastion Magazine Levant Battery...
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Yacht Club Batteries, Bastions and Walls Breakneck Battery Charles V Wall Devil's Gap Battery King's Bastion Flat Bastion Flat Bastion Magazine Levant Battery...
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África (English: Gate of Africa), which is defended from above by the Flat Bastion. The upper section of Charles V Wall, somewhat further south, runs from...
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List of fortifications in Gibraltar (section Bastions)
South Barracks Flat Bastion (St Jago's Bastion) [Baluarte de Santiago] Hesse's Demi Bastion (Baluarte de San Pedro) Jumper's Bastion (North) [Santa Cruz]...
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Barracks Bastions Flat Bastion Hesse's Demi Bastion Jumper's Bastion King's Bastion Montagu Bastion North Bastion Orange Bastion South Bastion Wellington...
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The Concertainer, known colloquially as the Hesco barrier or Hesco bastion, with HESCO being the brand name of the manufacturer, is a modern gabion primarily...
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of machicolation. In contrast, the bastion fortress was a very flat structure composed of many triangular bastions, specifically designed to cover each...
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Barracks Bastions Flat Bastion Hesse's Demi Bastion Jumper's Bastion King's Bastion Montagu Bastion North Bastion Orange Bastion South Bastion Wellington...
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extended on the south side of Charles V Wall from the South Bastion to the Flat Bastion. It was depicted in a 1627 map of Gibraltar by Spanish engineer...
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Barracks Bastions Flat Bastion Hesse's Demi Bastion Jumper's Bastion King's Bastion Montagu Bastion North Bastion Orange Bastion South Bastion Wellington...
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from the bastion to the base of a precipice. This wall is pierced by the Southport Gates, guarded by the South Bastion and the Flat Bastion on either...
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limit of the city. They are positioned between the South Bastion to the west and the Flat Bastion to the east, at the bottom of Trafalgar Hill, adjacent...
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Yacht Club Batteries, Bastions and Walls Breakneck Battery Charles V Wall Devil's Gap Battery King's Bastion Flat Bastion Flat Bastion Magazine Levant Battery...
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Yacht Club Batteries, Bastions and Walls Breakneck Battery Charles V Wall Devil's Gap Battery King's Bastion Flat Bastion Flat Bastion Magazine Levant Battery...
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southern limit of the city. The gate is adjacent to the west wall of the Flat Bastion, another 16th-century fortification. The gate was named after Prince...
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Yacht Club Batteries, Bastions and Walls Breakneck Battery Charles V Wall Devil's Gap Battery King's Bastion Flat Bastion Flat Bastion Magazine Levant Battery...
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built successive layers of fortifications and defences including walls, bastions, casemates, gun batteries, magazines, tunnels and galleries. At their peak...
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Yacht Club Batteries, Bastions and Walls Breakneck Battery Charles V Wall Devil's Gap Battery King's Bastion Flat Bastion Flat Bastion Magazine Levant Battery...
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Yacht Club Batteries, Bastions and Walls Breakneck Battery Charles V Wall Devil's Gap Battery King's Bastion Flat Bastion Flat Bastion Magazine Levant Battery...
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Yacht Club Batteries, Bastions and Walls Breakneck Battery Charles V Wall Devil's Gap Battery King's Bastion Flat Bastion Flat Bastion Magazine Levant Battery...
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Jumper's Bastion may refer to one of two adjacent bastions in the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar. They were both created in 1785 on the sites...
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