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Flat Bastion Road is a road in Gibraltar, the British Overseas Territory at the southern end of the Iberian Peninsula. The road runs north–south, providing views of the city and Bay of Gibraltar. Prev
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View of Flat Bastion Road looking north.
View of Flat Bastion Road looking south.
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Flat Bastion is a bastion which projects southward from the Charles V Wall in the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar. Once known as the St. Jago's Bastion or the Baluarte de Santiago in Spanish,
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…of the Moor), the traditional Llanito name for the road is Cuesta de Mr. Bourne. The road angles along the west side of the Rock of Gibraltar to the Flat Bastion, a fortification. Married quarters were built along the road. In the nineteenth century there were outbreaks of yellow fever in the 1820s and of…
Model of Gibraltar (1865) demonstrates the Charles V Wall to the left of center. Along and on the right (south side) of the wall, from front to back, are included: South Bastion (extending into the harbour), Southport Gates, Trafalgar Cemetery, Prince Edward's Gate, and Flat Bastion.
North side of Prince Edward's Gate at the Charles V Wall, with sentry box and plaque at left
Three Southport Gates
New and Old Southport Gates