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Saluting Battery, Gibraltar

Coordinates: 36°07′56″N 5°21′11″W / 36.132321°N 5.353068°W / 36.132321; -5.353068
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Saluting Battery
Part of Fortifications of Gibraltar
Gibraltar
Saluting Battery is located in Gibraltar
Saluting Battery
Saluting Battery
Coordinates36°07′56″N 5°21′11″W / 36.132321°N 5.353068°W / 36.132321; -5.353068
TypeArtillery Battery
Site information
OwnerGovernment of Gibraltar
Open to
the public
Yes

Saluting Battery was an artillery battery in the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar.

Description

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The battery was above the Line Wall Curtain in Gibraltar and defended the west side including Gibraltar Harbour. Today the battery has been converted into a promenade.[1] Both Gardiner's Battery and Victoria Battery were higher or retired batteries that fired over the top of Saluting Battery that was on the coast.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Finlayson, Darren Fa & Clive (2006). The fortifications of Gibraltar : 1068-1945 (1. publ. in Great Britain. ed.). Oxford [u.a.]: Osprey. p. 56. ISBN 9781846030161.
  2. ^ "1859 Map of the Fortifications of Gibraltar". UK National Archives MPH 1/23. Retrieved 14 May 2013.