Gibraltar

Gibraltar is an overseas territory of the United Kingdom, with the status of British Overseas Territory, and extensive capabilities of selfgovernment. It is located at the southern tip of the Iberian Peninsula, east of the Bay of Gibraltar, and extending about the geological formation the Rock of Gibraltar and also, The Rock peninsula overlooking the north shore of the strait namesake, communicating the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean. It borders Spain and has a population of about 29,000 inhabitants, with an economy based on the service sector, mainly as a financial center, tourist and free port. Leveraging its strategic position, has a naval base of the British Armed Forces.

St Michael's Cave
La Cueva de San Miguel is the name given to a network of limestone caves located in the upper Rock Nature Reserve Gibraltar, at a height of over 300 meters above sea level. According to Alonso Hernndez del Portillo, the first historian of Gibraltar, its name is derived from a similar cave Mount Gargano near the Shrine of Monte Sant'Angelo in Apulia,

Botanical Garden

Plants of the Gardens are a combination of native and others brought from abroad, often in former British territories such as Australia and South Africa, with which Gibraltar had maritime contacts during the time of the British Empire. Since 1991, numerous species have been introduced in Gibraltar, in some cases for the first time. He specializes in aloe plants and crassulaceae addition to the endemic plants found in

Gibraltar airport

Gibraltar Airport is the same as Gibraltar and Spain. It is an international airport, 500 meters from the town of Gibraltar and only a similar distance from the center of La Linea de la Concepcin (Cdiz). In 2006, 330,057 passed through the airport passengers and 348 tons of cargo. It was built during World War II and opened in 1949, although initially only served as an emergency basis for the British Army. On December 2, 1987, an agreement between Spanish and British governments agreed to the civilian use of the facility, which was not implemented before the opposition of the

Coat of gibraltar

The coat of Gibraltar was granted July 10, 1502 by Queen Isabella I of Castile. It is the oldest coat of arms used in the British overseas territories and the only one with an earlier origin to the establishment of colonial administration. In the arms of Gibraltar appears in a silver field with a strip located at the tip gules, a castle with three towers, embattled gules and Mazon Sabretooth. From the castle gate hangs a golden key

Hercules columns

The Pillars of Hercules were a legendary element of mythological origin, located in the Strait of Gibraltar marked the limit of the known world, the last frontier for the navigators of the Mediterranean. The Greeks knew the Mediterranean, although given the considerable distances, their knowledge of what lay in the Atlantic Ocean was narrower, giving rise to legends and fears. Under the motto "Non Plus Ultra Terrae" Romans assigned the edge of the continent, but was associated with Finisterre, also symbolized

Flag of Gibraltar

The flag of Gibraltar was regularized in 1982, contains the elements that make up the shield of Gibraltar, which was granted by a Royal Order of Queen Isabel of Castile on July 10, 1502.

Siege of Gibraltar

The siege of Gibraltar in 1727 was the second carried out by Spanish troops, after the first site in 1704 with the intention of recovering the city of Gibraltar after being this taken in 1704 by Anglo-