Cathedral Square, Gibraltar
Owner | Government of Gibraltar | ||
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Location | Gibraltar | ||
Coordinates | 36°08′18″N 5°21′13″W / 36.138304°N 5.353711°WCoordinates: 36°08′18″N 5°21′13″W / 36.138304°N 5.353711°W |
Cathedral Square is a square within the city centre of the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar.[1] It is the location of the Church of England Cathedral of the Holy Trinity which stands to the eastern end of the square. Other features at the square include home to the ,[2] the Bristol Hotel[3] a children's play park and Sir Herbert Miles Promenade, which is a boulevard lined with nine cannon overlooking the harbour.[4]
The open space here was once a street called Columbine Street which was named after lieutenant-general Francis Columbine who was a deputy governor. The Moorish looking Cathedral dates from 1839 when the Church of the Holy Trinity was redefined. It had been designed by a military engineer for John Pitt, 2nd Earl of Chatham as a church in 1825.[5]
References[]
- ^ Larry H. Ludmer (2002), Cruising the Mediterranean: A Guide to the Ports of Call, p. 180,
The town of Gibraltar is centered around pretty Cathedral Square and its Anglican Cathedral of the Holy Trinity.
- ^ Hilary McGlynn (1999), The Hutchinson Almanac,
Tourist department Gibraltar Tourist Board, Duke of Kent House, Cathedral Square, Gibraltar
- ^ Philip Dennis (1977), Gibraltar, David and Charles, p. 126
- ^ Dorothy Stannard (1998), Southern Spain,
Here, in Cathedral Square, the most impressive of Gibraltar's cannon, a row of nine, faces out into the bay.
- ^ Benady, Tito (1996). The streets of Gibraltar : a short history. Grendon: Gibraltar Books. p. 29. ISBN 0948466375.
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