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Saluting Battery, Gibraltar

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Type
  
Artillery Battery

Owner
  
Government of Gibraltar

Open to the public
  
Yes

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

Description

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. 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.

References

Saluting Battery, Gibraltar Wikipedia


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