The Rock
of Gibraltar is located at the entrance
of the Mediterranean. Its strategic
location and history have made it an international
symbol of solidity and strength, and it frequently
features in the world press and media.
Gibraltar is
connected to Spain by a sandy isthmus,
a ferry to Morocco and flights to London.
The subject of repeated conquest and sieges, Gibraltar has
been a British Territory since 1704.
Ceded forever to Britain by Spain in
the Treaty of Utrecht (1713), Gibraltar joined
the EU in 1973, under the British Treaty of
Accession.
Looming
like some great ship off the southernmost tip of Spain,
the tiny British colony of Gibraltar is
a heady compound of curiosities. To the ancient Greeks and Romans,
it was one of the two Pillars of Hercules,
set up by the mythical hero to mark the edge of the
known world.
The Great
Siege Tunnels were gun emplacements hewn
out by hand by the British during the 1779-83 siege.
They constitute a tiny portion of the more than 70km
(43.4mi) of tunnels in the Rock, most of
which are off limits to the public. Nearby is the Tower
of Homage, the last vestige of Gibraltar's
Muslim castle, built in 1333.
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