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These are selected pictures related to the Gibraltar which appear on Portal:Gibraltar.
Photo credit: Christopher Buttigieg
A Barbary Macaque (Macaca sylvana) in Gibraltar. The Rock of Gibraltar is home to the last wild monkey population in all of Europe, where popular belief holds that as long as Barbary Macaques exist on Gibraltar, the territory will remain under British rule.
Map credit: Eric Gaba
Situated on a narrow rocky promontory at the southern tip of the Iberian Peninsula; the Rock of Gibraltar formed one of the Pillars of Hercules.
Photo credit: Gibnews
The West face of the Rock of Gibraltar, a monolithic limestone promontory. It is 426 metres (1,396 feet) high.
Painting credit: John Trumbull
The Sortie Made by the Garrison of Gibraltar, 1789, an oil-on-canvas painting by American artist John Trumbull. The painting depicts the siege made by the Spanish forces against the British at Gibraltar in 1781.
Photo credit: Christopher Buttigieg
Dutch medallion commemorating the blockade of Gibraltar, 1783, and the loss of the HMS Royal George, 1782.
Photo credit: Christina Cortes
View of Sandy Bay on the Eastern Mediterranean coast of Gibraltar, showing the old water catchments' slope restored and looking North towards Spain's Costa del Sol.
Photo credit: Scott Wylie
The Alameda Gibraltar Botanic Gardens or The Alameda Gardens is a botanical garden in Gibraltar, spanning around six hectares (0.060 km²).
Photo credit: James Cridland
Re-enactment by Great Siege soldiers, Casemates Square, Gibraltar. The Great Siege of Gibraltar was an unsuccessful attempt by Spain and France to capture Gibraltar from the British during the War of American Independence.
Painting credit: John Singleton Copley
The Defeat of the Floating Batteries at Gibraltar, September 1782, an oil-on-canvas painting by Boston-born American artist John Singleton Copley. It depicts the defeat of the floating batteries at Gibraltar during the Great Siege of Gibraltar.
Photo credit: Christopher Buttigieg
Main Street, Gibraltar's main arterial street recognised today as Gibraltar’s main commercial and shopping district.
