Gibraltar and Spanish Sth Coast

This monument (left photo) was presented to the people of Gibraltar by the Corps of Royal Engineers to commemorate their time here since 1704. The right photo shows a wall that has been here since Moorish times but this particular gate was commissioned by The Holy Roman Emperor, Charles 1 of Spain, after an attack on Gibraltar in 1540 by the Barbary Pirates. A second gate was made by the British in 1883.

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