Gibraltar

Whether you are a regular visitor to Gibraltar or not, it is highly likely that you do not know all ten of these interesting facts about Gibraltar! So why not test yourself and see how well you really know Gibraltar.

  1. Gibraltar covers an area of 6.5 square kilometres.
  2. Gibraltar was visited by Phoenicians,  Carthaginians, Greeks and Romans.
  3. The official language of Gibraltar is English and the unofficial one is Spanish.
  4. The legend of Gibraltar which states that once the apes leave the Rock of Gibraltar havoc will descend on the people of Gibraltar, was taken very seriously by the British Government so much that the British army used to be responsible for the feeding and care of the apes but the care has now reverted to the Government of Gibraltar.
  5. Franco closed the border between Spain and Gibraltar in an attempt to regain sovereignty over Gibraltar in 1969. The border was re-opened for pedestrians in 1983 and fully re- opened in 1985.
  6. In 2004 Gibraltar celebrated its three hundred anniversary as a British Colony.
  7. The Gibraltar Parliament is known as The House of Assembly.
  8. John Lennon and Yoko Ono tied the knot in Gibraltar in the British Consulate Office on March 2nd 1969.
  9. The Rock of Gibraltar measures 430 metres in height.
  10. Gibraltar was once used as a location in a James Bond movie: The Living Daylights, in 1987.