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The Gibraltar peninsula, located at the far southern end of Iberia, has great strategic importance as a result of its position by the Strait of Gibraltar where the Mediterranean Sea meets the Atlantic Ocean. It has repeatedly been contested between European and North African powers and has endured fourteen sieges since it was first settled in the 11th century. The peninsula's occupants – Moors, Spanish, and British – have built successive layers of fortifications and defences including walls, bastions, casemates, gun batteries, magazines, tunnels and galleries. At their peak in 1865, the fortifications housed around 681 guns mounted in 110 batteries and positions, guarding all land and sea approaches to Gibraltar. The fortifications continued to be in military use until as late as the 1970

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  • Fortificaciones de Gibraltar (es)
  • Fortifications of Gibraltar (en)
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  • The Gibraltar peninsula, located at the far southern end of Iberia, has great strategic importance as a result of its position by the Strait of Gibraltar where the Mediterranean Sea meets the Atlantic Ocean. It has repeatedly been contested between European and North African powers and has endured fourteen sieges since it was first settled in the 11th century. The peninsula's occupants – Moors, Spanish, and British – have built successive layers of fortifications and defences including walls, bastions, casemates, gun batteries, magazines, tunnels and galleries. At their peak in 1865, the fortifications housed around 681 guns mounted in 110 batteries and positions, guarding all land and sea approaches to Gibraltar. The fortifications continued to be in military use until as late as the 1970 (en)
  • Las fortificaciones de Gibraltar han hecho que el Peñón de Gibraltar y sus alrededores "sea probablemente el lugar más luchado y densamente fortificado de Europa, y probablemente, por lo tanto, del mundo", como dijo el mariscal de campo sir John Chapple. La península de Gibraltar, situada en el extremo sur de la península ibérica tiene una gran importancia estratégica como resultado de su posición por el Estrecho de Gibraltar, donde el Mar Mediterráneo se encuentra con el Océano Atlántico. Ha sido repetidamente disputada entre potencias europeas y del norte de África y ha soportado catorce asedios desde que se estableció por primera vez en el siglo XI. Los ocupantes de la península —musulmanes, españoles y británicos— han construido capas sucesivas de fortificaciones y defensas, incluyendo (es)
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  • http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Southport_Gates_Gibraltar_October_2012.jpg
  • http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/The_British_Army_on_Gibraltar_1941_GM63.jpg
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  • http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Searchlights_on_the_Rock_of_Gibraltar,_1942.jpg
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  • http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bombproof_Barracks,_Prince's_Lines,_Gibraltar.jpg
  • http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Gardiner's_Battery.jpg
  • http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Gibraltar_northern_defences_from_Smith-Dorrien_Bridge.jpg
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