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Proposed Gibraltar-related articles:
Public buildings and amenities
Historic buildings
Hotels
Moles
Religious
Schools
Unsorted
Arts
Breweries
Events
Film
Food
Bars and restaurants
Philately
Television
Theatre
Beaches and bays
Caves
Parks
Pedestrianised
Roads
Squares
Tunnels
Wrecks and diving sites
Detatched Mole
The Pilot Boat or Cormorant
The 'Inner' and 'Outer'
The Cannon Pile
S.S Excellence
Crest Reef
The Italian Chariot
South Mole
M.F.V Helen
S.S Rosslyn
H.M.S Stella Sirius
The Bristol Bombay
Rosia area
The Mollymock
M.F.V Okeanos
Seven Sisters
El Pipo (Norwegian Trawler)
The Inkwell Site
Camp Bay and Little Bay
The Seahawk
The Ark Site
Camp Bay Barges
482M Cable Laying Barge
Little Bay
Europa Point
Little Europa Drift
Europa Reef
Los Picos
The Sherman Tanks
East Side
El Lomo
Peter Ives' Pinnacle, El Cortijo
Weaver's Pinnacle
Source: Phil Smith and Darren Fa. (2004). Underwater Gibraltar
Events
Fortifications
Batteries
Counterguards
Ditches
Magazines
Towers
Unsorted
Organisations
People
Places
Ships
Weapons
Companies
People from Gibraltar
Albert Fava (Trade unionist)
Alfred Vasquez (Former
Mayor , Former
Speaker of the House of Assembly )
Arturo Vinuesa Parral (Author)
Bernard Linares (Former Govt. Minister)
Bryan Zammit (
Gibraltar by-election 2013 candidate - Independent)*
Carmen Gomez (Theatrical performer, actress and Miss Gibraltar 1970)
Charlie Flower (Former athlete)
Christopher Montegriffo (Former photographer for the
Gibraltar Chronicle )
Clive Golt (Journalist, Govt. Media Director)
Colin Ramirez (Footballer)
Craig Sacarello (
Together Gibraltar )
Dani Fa (Musician,
Taxi guitarist)
Daniel Ghio (
Together Gibraltar )
Danny Bugeja (Musician,
Taxi guitarist)
Darren Fa (Director of the
Gibraltar Museum )
Dylan Ferro (Musician,
Taxi frontman)
Elliott Phillips (
Gibraltar Social Democrats )
Ernest Gomez (
Chief Secretary )
Edward Yome (Comissioner of the
Royal Gibraltar Police )
Edwin Reyes (Gibralarian) (
Gibraltar Social Democrats )
Erika Pozo (
Together Gibraltar )
Ernest Britto (Former Govt. Minister)
Ernest Opisso (last hanging for murder, 3 July 1931)
Fabian Vinet (Former Govt. Minister)
Francis Cantos (Former editor of the
Gibraltar Chronicle and Govt. Media Director)
Francis Dellipiani (Former Govt. Minister)
Freddie Vasquez (Former Member of the Opposition)
Freddie Ballester (
Gibraltar Social Democrats )
Gareth Latin (President of the
Gibraltar Football Association )
George Mascarenhas (Former Govt. Minister)
Horace Zammit (Former Govt. Minister and Mayor)
Hubert Corby (Former Govt. Minister)
Jackie Anderson (Gibraltarian) (
Together Gibraltar )
James Giraldi (Doctor, recipient of the Freedom of the City of Gibraltar)
James Neish (Journalist, radio & TV presenter)
James Netto (Former Govt. Minister, MP)
Joelle Ladislaus (
Gibraltar Social Democrats )
John Alcantara (Judge, Former
Mayor , Former
Speaker of the House of Assembly )
John Charles Pons (Independent candidate at the 2019 elections)
John Montegriff0 (
Together Gibraltar )
Johnny Bugeja (Photographer for the
Gibraltar Chronicle )
José Netto (Trade unionist)
Joseph Baldachino (Former Govt. Minister)
Joseph Moss (Former Govt. Minister)]]
Joseph Pilcher (Former Govt. Minister)
Joshua Gabay (Former Member of the Opposition)
Juan Carlos Perez (politician) (Former Govt. Minister)
Kamlesh Khubchand (
Together Gibraltar )
Kenneth Anthony (Gibraltarian politician) (Former Member of the Opposition)
Lewis Francis (Former Member of the Opposition)
Lucio Randall (Former GSLP election candidate)
Louis Wink (Former Commissioner of the
Royal Gibraltar Police )
Luis Francis Bruzon (Former member of the Legislative Assembly)
Luis Montiel (Former Govt. Minister)
Maribel Chellaram (Former GSLP election candidate)
Mario Finlayson (Artist)
Maurice Featherstone (Former Member of the Opposition)
Maurice Ramagge (Former Member of the Opposition)
Michael Feetham (Former Govt. Minister)
Nathaniel Conroy (Dancer, formerly of
Stomp )
Nathan Stagno (International hockey referee)
Neil Samtani (
Together Gibraltar )
Orlando Yeats (
Gibraltar Social Democrats )
Petter Cumming (Former Member of the Opposition)
Peter Montegriffo (Former Govt. Minister)
Richard Cartwright (Gibraltarian) (Musician, Radio & TV Presenter)
Richard Garcia (Chief Secretary) (Former Chief Secretary and historian)
Robert Mor (Former Govt. Minister & Mayor)
Robert Vasquez (Gibraltarian) (Independent candidate at the 2019 elections)
Roy Clinton (
Gibraltar Social Democrats )
Selwyn Figueras (Opposition MP)
Siân Jones (
Together Gibraltar )
Tamsin Suarez (
Together Gibraltar )
Trevor Hammond (
Gibraltar Social Democrats )
Vijay Daryanani (
Liberal Party of Gibraltar )
William Gomez (Musician)
William Thomson (Gibraltarian) (Former
Mayor , Former
Speaker of the House of Assembly )
People Associated with Gibraltar
Government
Law
See
/Botanic Gardens
Plaques
Which articles are likely to get plaques? Translations here can be used by tourists and locals (This is a work in progress - please add to the list)
Alameda Gardens
Alameda Wildlife Conservation Park
Apes's Den
Bayside Comprehensive School
Bristol Hotel
Cable Car
Catalan Bay
Cathedral of St. Mary the Crowned
Cathedral of the Holy Trinity
City Hall
The Convent
Europa Point
Europa Point Lighthouse
Explosion of the RFA Bedenham
Ibrahim-al-Ibrahim Mosque
Garrison Library
Gibraltar International Airport
Gibraltar Museum
Gibraltar Parliament
Gibraltar-Spain border
Grand Casemates Square
Great Synagogue
John Mackintosh Square
King George V Hospital (Gibraltar)
Law courts
Marina Bay
Moorish Castle
Napier of Magdala Battery
Parson's Lodge Battery
Ocean Village
Queensway Quay
Royal Gibraltar Police
Shrine of Our Lady of Europe
St Andrew's Church
St. Bernard's Hospital
St. Michael's Cave
Trafalgar Cemetery
Victoria Stadium
Westside School
When adding coordinates to articles about features in Gibraltar, using {{
Coord }}, the |region=
parameter should be set to "GI".
Featured articles
History of Gibraltar
Featured lists
Gibraltar national football team results
List of sieges of Gibraltar
Good articles
Europa Point Lighthouse
Flat Bastion
Flat Bastion Road
Fortifications of Gibraltar
M/V New Flame
Military history of Gibraltar during World War II
Moorish Gibraltar
Ocean Village Marina, Gibraltar
Twelfth Siege of Gibraltar
Featured pictures
Did you know (DYK)s
... that
Prof.
Clive Finlayson has theorised that the
genetic similarities between
neanderthals and
humans are not only due to interbreeding but could also originate from a common
African ancestor...?
... that
philanthropist
John Mackintosh left a
will allowing the provision of a public trust for the advancement of
education in Gibraltar ?
... that naval officer
James Coutts Crawford served in three sieges in the
American War of Independence , once as part of the besieging forces (
Charleston ) and twice as a defender (
Savannah and
Gibraltar )?
... that
Dorothy Ellicott was the first woman to be elected to two different
Gibraltar Councils and was posthumously awarded the
Gibraltar Medallion of Honour on
Gibraltar National Day 2008?
... that in 1939, excavations beneath
John Mackintosh Square in
Gibraltar for the construction of an
air-raid shelter revealed no signs of any
foundations , suggesting it has always been an open
square ?
... that
Juan Mateos was the founder of
Gibraltar 's
first hospital which remained on the same site and served the
people of Gibraltar for almost four and a half centuries?
... that
Gibtelecom is the largest
telecommunications operator in the
British Overseas Territory of
Gibraltar and the official
sponsor of the annual Gibtelecom International Chess Festival ?
... that all of early
14th century
Europe was consecrated under the protection of
Our Lady of Europe (
statue pictured ) in
Gibraltar where devotion has continued for over 700 years?
... that
Giovanni Battista Calvi was an
Italian
military engineer who worked on many important
Spanish defensive projects in the 1500s, to include those in the now
British Overseas Territory of
Gibraltar ?
... that
Gibraltar's National Day is celebrated every 10 September by releasing 30,000
red and white balloons (
pictured ) which represent the
people of Gibraltar ?
... that since 2006, a
Gibraltarian no longer needs be a
Member of Parliament to become
Mayor of Gibraltar ?
... that in 1704
Simón Susarte , a
Spanish Gibraltarian
goatherd , revealed a concealed path (
pictured ) to the
Spanish Army which led to the top of the
Rock of Gibraltar , so they could surprise the
Anglo -
Dutch troops based there?
... that
Gibraltar 's
St. Michael's Cave (
pictured ) , prepared as an emergency hospital during
World War II , at present contains an auditorium and receives almost a million visitors a year?
... that
Gibraltarian
pop rock
band
Taxi is made up of three of
Melon Diesel 's former members and write songs in
Spanish only despite their being
British ?
... that the
Gibraltar Football Association had their
UEFA
membership application blocked by Spain due to their
claim on the territory ?
... that
Gibraltarian
degree level students studying in a
UK university receive a
full scholarship from the Government of Gibraltar ?
... that
Gibraltar passports are full
British passports which are particularly issued to
Gibraltarians and only differ in some wording?
... that a statue originally created in 1815 for the
The Alameda Gibraltar Botanic Gardens was carved from the
bowsprit of the
Spanish ship San Juan Nepomuceno , taken at the
Battle of Trafalgar ?
... that the
cuisine of Gibraltar includes
Maltese ,
Genoese and
Portuguese culinary influences?
... that
Operation Tracer was a top-secret
WWII mission in which six men were to be buried alive inside the
Rock of Gibraltar so that they could monitor enemy movements after the Rock's capture?
... that news of the British victory in the
Battle of Trafalgar was reported in the
Gibraltar Chronicle a fortnight before it reached
England ?
... that in 2006
Gibraltar was granted
a new constitution , giving it a modern constitutional relationship with the
United Kingdom ?
... that
Horace Walpole called
John Trumbull 's
oil-on-canvas
The Sortie Made by the Garrison of Gibraltar, 1789 (
pictured ) "the finest picture [he] had ever seen painted on the northern side of the Alps"?
... that Mozart
never finished his
composition for voice and piano to celebrate the
Great Siege of Gibraltar during the
American Revolutionary War ?
... that
John Singleton Copley 's oil-on-canvas
The Defeat of the Floating Batteries at Gibraltar, September 1782 is one of Britain’s largest
oil paintings ?
... that the
Governor's residence in Gibraltar (
pictured ) is supposedly haunted by the
ghost of a
nun who was bricked up alive into a chamber wall?
... that
Thomas William Bowlby (1818 - 1860), a Gibraltar-born correspondent for
The Times was captured and imprisoned by the Tartar General
Sengge Rinchen whilst on correspondence in
Tongzhou ,
Beijing ?
... that the
English Law (Application) Act 1962 ended legal recognition of seduction as a civil offence in Gibraltar?
Former featured articles
Former good articles
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