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The border, seen from the Spanish side, 2004 The closed Spanish gate at the border between Gibraltar and Spain, 1977. The Gibraltar–Spain border is the international boundary [a] between the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar and the Kingdom of Spain.
Gibraltar–Spain border crossings (1 C, 1 P) S. Strait of Gibraltar (1 C, 17 P) Pages in category "Gibraltar–Spain border" The following 6 pages are in this ...
The closed Spanish gate at the border between Gibraltar and Spain, 1977. The Gibraltar territory currently contains an 800-metre (2,625 ft) long section of the isthmus that links the Rock with mainland Spain. Spain does not acknowledge British sovereignty over Gibraltar beyond the fortified perimeter of the town as at 1704.
Monument to the Spanish Worker in Gibraltar. Dictator Francisco Franco ordered the closure of the border gate with Gibraltar on 8 June 1969, in response to the new Gibraltar Constitution. Many people from La Línea lost their jobs in Gibraltar. The border was reopened on 15 December 1982 with full public access in 1985.
Gibraltar (/ dʒ ɪ ˈ b r ɔː l t ər / ⓘ jib-RAWL-tər, Spanish: [xiβɾalˈtaɾ]) is a British Overseas Territory and city located at the southern tip of the Iberian Peninsula, on the Bay of Gibraltar, near the exit of the Mediterranean Sea into the Atlantic Ocean (Strait of Gibraltar).
In addition, any time spent in Gibraltar could count towards the maximum of 90 days’ stay in 180 days, which the UK negotiated as part of the Brexit agreement.
The Status of Gibraltar. Boulder, CO: Westview Press. ISBN 9780865319653. López de Ayala, Ignacio (1845). The History of Gibraltar: From the Earliest Period of Its Occupation by the Saracens. London: William Pickering. Musteen, Jason R. (2011). Nelson's Refuge: Gibraltar in the Age of Napoleon. New York: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 9781612510842
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