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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 has evolved from a place of reverence in ancient times into "one of the most densely fortified and fought-over places in Europe", [ 1 ] as one historian has put it.
A Timeline of Gibraltar's History in Gibraltar for kids; History of Gibraltar (detailed) in discoverGibraltar.com; Government of Gibraltar website: History of Gibraltar; Writing the Rock of Gibraltar by M. G. Sanchez. An online anthology of historical texts dealing with Gibraltar from 1720 to 1890. Finlayson, Thomas James. "The Struggle for ...
About Wikipedia; Contact us; Contribute Help; ... View history; Tools. Tools. move to sidebar hide. ... This is a list of years in Gibraltar. 20th century. 1960s 1967 ...
Gibraltar is a popular port for cruise ships and attracts day visitors from resorts in Spain. The Rock is a popular tourist attraction, particularly among British tourists and residents in the southern coast of Spain. It is also a popular shopping destination, and all goods and services are VAT free, but may
Gibraltar's Moorish Castle, the scene of many of the earlier sieges. Gibraltar is a British territory and mountainous peninsula on the far southern coast of the Iberian peninsula, at one of the narrowest points in the Mediterranean, only 15 miles (24 km) from the coast of Morocco in North Africa.
The British Government and the Government of Gibraltar have argued that the membership of both Gibraltar and Spain in the European Union (EU) — Gibraltar was included as a Special member state territory when the United Kingdom joined the EU in 1973; Spain joined the EU in 1986 – superseded such restrictions as the EU is committed to free ...
Hardy Town, Gibraltar; Hattersley Memorandum; Baron Heathfield; Heritage and Antiquities Act 2018; Template:History of Gibraltar; Timeline of the history of Gibraltar; History of nationality in Gibraltar; History of the Genoese in Gibraltar; History of the Maltese in Gibraltar
Arms granted to the city of Gibraltar by a Royal Warrant passed in Toledo on 10 July 1502 by Isabella I of Castile. The Kingdom of Gibraltar (Reino de Gibraltar) was one of the many historic substantive titles pertaining to the Castilian monarchy and its successor, the Spanish monarchy, belonging to what is known as Grand Title (Spanish: Título Grande). [1]