fortifications of Gibraltar

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fortification system military installation

The fortifications of Gibraltar are an extensive system of defensive walls, bastions, tunnels, and castles that have protected the strategically vital Rock of Gibraltar over many centuries.

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All labels observed (7)

Label Occurrences
Northern Defences of Gibraltar 3
fortifications of Gibraltar canonical 3
Gibraltar fortifications 2

Statements (76)

Predicate Object
instanceOf fortification system ⓘ
military installation ⓘ
builtBy British Empire ⓘ
Castile ⓘ
surface form: Kingdom of Castile

Kingdom of England ⓘ
Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
Kingdom of Spain ⓘ
Moor ⓘ
surface form: Moors

Crown of Spain ⓘ
surface form: Spanish Crown
constructionPeriod 18th century ⓘ
19th century ⓘ
20th century ⓘ
early modern period ⓘ
medieval period ⓘ
controlledBy British Army ⓘ
surface form: British Army (historical)

Gibraltar garrison ⓘ
surface form: Gibraltar Garrison (historical)

Government of Gibraltar ⓘ
surface form: Gibraltar Government (present)
country United Kingdom ⓘ
currentUse heritage site ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ
designedFor artillery warfare ⓘ
coastal defense ⓘ
landward defense ⓘ
hasPart Grand Casemates Gates ⓘ
surface form: Casemates Gates

Charles V Wall ⓘ
Europa Advance Batteries ⓘ
Flat Bastion ⓘ
Grand Battery ⓘ
Great Siege Tunnels ⓘ
Inundation ⓘ
King’s Bastion ⓘ
King’s Bastion casemates ⓘ
King’s Lines ⓘ
Landport Gate ⓘ
Line Wall ⓘ
Lord Airey’s Battery ⓘ
Montagu Bastion ⓘ
North Bastion ⓘ
Orange Bastion ⓘ
O’Hara’s Battery ⓘ
Prince’s Lines ⓘ
Queen’s Lines ⓘ
Ragged Staff Gates ⓘ
Rooke Battery ⓘ
South Bastion ⓘ
Southport Gates ⓘ
Moorish Castle ⓘ
surface form: The Moorish Castle

Tower of Homage ⓘ
Wellington Front ⓘ
World War II defences ⓘ
surface form: World War II tunnels

Zoca Bastion ⓘ
bastions ⓘ
batteries ⓘ
castles ⓘ
defensive walls ⓘ
gates ⓘ
moats ⓘ
tunnels ⓘ
heritageStatus listed buildings in Gibraltar ⓘ
locatedOn Rock of Gibraltar ⓘ
location Gibraltar ⓘ
material concrete ⓘ
masonry ⓘ
stone ⓘ
notableEvent Great Siege of Gibraltar ⓘ
surface form: Great Siege of Gibraltar (1779–1783)

capture of Gibraltar in 1704 ⓘ
partOf defensive system of the Strait of Gibraltar ⓘ
military history of Gibraltar ⓘ
strategicImportance controls access to the Strait of Gibraltar ⓘ
controls entrance to the Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
terrainFeature steep limestone rock ⓘ
usedDuring Great Siege of Gibraltar ⓘ
Napoleonic Wars ⓘ
War of the Spanish Succession ⓘ
World War I ⓘ
World War II ⓘ

Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Great Siege Tunnels → partOf → fortifications of Gibraltar ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gibraltar fortifications
Great Siege Tunnels → nearby → fortifications of Gibraltar ⓘ
this entity surface form: Northern Defences of Gibraltar
Moorish Castle → partOf → fortifications of Gibraltar ⓘ
Main Street, Gibraltar → hasNearbyLandmark → fortifications of Gibraltar ⓘ
this entity surface form: City walls of Gibraltar
Upper Galleries → partOf → fortifications of Gibraltar ⓘ
this entity surface form: Northern Defences of Gibraltar
Upper Galleries → purpose → fortifications of Gibraltar ⓘ
this entity surface form: defence of Gibraltar
Upper Galleries → partOf → fortifications of Gibraltar ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gibraltar fortifications
Landport Gate → partOf → fortifications of Gibraltar ⓘ
this entity surface form: Northern Defences of Gibraltar
Landport Gate → partOf → fortifications of Gibraltar ⓘ
this entity surface form: city walls of Gibraltar
Landport Gate → near → fortifications of Gibraltar ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gibraltar city walls
Tower of Homage → partOf → fortifications of Gibraltar ⓘ
Harding’s Battery → partOf → fortifications of Gibraltar ⓘ