Gibraltar - Aerial View and Multiview

Gibraltar
Aerial View

This postcard is from 2016 and features The Cradle of History Monument, Europa Point Lighthouse and St. Michael's Cave.

Gibraltar - A British Colony Since 1704

Gibraltar a British colony since 1704 is a bold mountainous promontory 3 miles long, 3/4 mile broad, 1,396 feet high protruding into the Mediterranean and joined to Spain by a narrow isthmus.

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Gibraltar became known as one of the Pillars of Hercules, after the Greek legend of the creation of the Strait of Gibraltar by Heracles.

the legend:
According to Greek mythology when Hercules had to perform twelve labours, one of them was to fetch the Cattle of Geryon of the far West and bring them to Eurystheus.

According to some Roman sources, while on his way to the island of Erytheia, Hercules had to cross the mountain that was once Atlas. Instead of climbing the great mountain, Hercules used his superhuman strength to smash through it. By doing so, he connected the Atlantic Ocean to the Mediterranean Sea and formed the Strait of Gibraltar. One part of the split mountain is Gibraltar and the other is either Monte Hacho or Jebel Musa. These two mountains taken together have since then been known as the Pillars of Hercules. some say however,  that instead of smashing through an isthmus to create the Straits of Gibraltar, Hercules instead narrowed an already existing strait to prevent monsters from the Atlantic Ocean from entering the Mediterranean Sea.

Gibraltar - Greetings From, Multiview

Greetings from Gibraltar

Gibraltar from Spanish Coast
Entrance to Town
Hackney Carriage
Main Street
The Fountain
Frontier Gates
1960

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Gibraltar is a British overseas territory located at the entrance of the Mediterranean. The territory itself is a peninsula of 6.843 square kilometres (2.642 sq mi) that is connected to the north of Spain with a narrow strip of land.

It has a Subtropical-Mediterranean climate with mild winters and warm summers. Rain occurs mainly in winter, with summer being generally dry. Its average annual temperature is 18 °C (64 °F): about 21 °C (70 °F) during the day and 15 °C (59 °F) at night. In the coldest month - January, the temperature ranges from 11–18 °C (52–64 °F) during the day and 9–14 °C (48–57 °F) at night.

Gibraltar - Real Photo Multiview

Greetings from Gibraltar

featuring:
The Rock from Bay.
main Street.
South Port Gates.
Moorish Castle.
The Rock form Airfield.
and
Eye View of Town.
1950

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A Few Fun Facts about Gibraltar:

-Gibraltar consists of a long limestone mountain, which has as may as 140 caves.
-The official language of Gibraltar is English and the unofficial one is Spanish.
-There is a Gibraltar Cable Car which runs from ground level to the top of the Rock, with an intermediate station at Apes’ Den.
-Over 500 different species of flowering plants grow on the Rock.
-Gibraltar is the only place in Europe where the Gibraltar candytuft (Iberis gibraltarica) is found growing in the wild; the plant is otherwise native to North Africa.