The Rock. The name has been used in movies, as an actor's nickname, and even the destination as a logo for an insurance company. Gibraltar is the original rock in southern Spain and has a deep heritage and long-standing point of being a strategic location at the entrance to the Mediterranean Sea.

[01:47] Significance of Gibraltar

[03:40] Fortifications

[04:51] Thumbnail Sketch of the History-The Rock Changes Hands

[07:47] The town at the bottom of Gibraltar

[08:48] Climate

[09:51] The Barbary Macaque or Barbary Apes

[10:18] Sights to See

• Top via cable car
• Gibraltar Nature Reserve
• St. Michael's Cave
• Moorish Castle
• Mediterranean Steps

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Season 1: Episode 15

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