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Gibraltar

Country number:
1
Territory number:
190
"Well, Gibraltar is a place which you either love or hate. I quite like it. It’s a rock, that is essentially what it is. It’s a British colony."
Nigel Short, British chess player
Scarlet uniformed 'soldiers' at the re-enactment parade
A view of Gibraltar town and harbour from the top of The Rock
Multi coloured illuminations on stalactites at St Michael's Caves
A barbary ape by a telescope on top of The Rock of Gibraltar
Passengers disembarking from the EasyJet flight at Gibraltar, The Rock is behind
Moorish Castle, Gibraltar

Tales from Gibraltar

Gibraltar in a Nutshell

Gibraltar is named after Tariq ibn Ziyad, the Muslim governor of Tangier who landed here in 711, to launch the Islamic invasion of the...
Gibraltar is named after Tariq ibn Ziyad, the Muslim governor of Tangier who landed here in 711, to launch the Islamic invasion of the Iberian Peninsula. - Jabal Tariq (Mountain of Tariq) eventually became Gibraltar.
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Gibraltar - A Weekend on the Rock

I hadn’t realised how huge and sheer the face of The Rock of Gibraltar is. It’s the first thing I see when I disembark...
I hadn’t realised how huge and sheer the face of The Rock of Gibraltar is. It’s the first thing I see when I disembark the plane. It’s grey and brooding and there’s cloud hooked right across the two main peaks,
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