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Traffic formerly drove on the left; the change to driving on the right was made at 5.00 a.m. on 16 June 1929. [2] Older roads in Gibraltar, primarily in the city centre, are fairly narrow with a typical speed limit of 50 km/h (31 mph). Gibraltar has ten fuelling stations, and fuel prices are lower than in neighbouring Spain due to lower fuel ...
The Gibraltar Archives were established in 1969 following Gibraltar's first constitution. The institution is responsible not only for the collection and preservation of public records, but for providing access to the records that may be released to the public and to academic researchers in those cases where records can be released.
California State University, Fullerton (CSUF or Cal State Fullerton) is a public research university in Fullerton, California.With a total enrollment of more than 41,000, it has the largest student body of the California State University (CSU) system, and its graduate student body of more than 5,000 is one of the largest in the CSU and in all of California. [7]
Entrance to the Prince's Gallery, excavated in 1790. The tunnels of Gibraltar were constructed over the course of nearly 200 years, principally by the British Army. [1] Within a land area of only 2.6 square miles (6.7 km 2), Gibraltar has around 34 miles (55 km) of tunnels, nearly twice the length of its entire road network.
The Cathedral Square, a square in the city centre [6] is the location of the Church of England Cathedral of the Holy Trinity which stands to the eastern end of the square. . Other features at the square include Duke of Kent House, which is home to the Gibraltar Tourist Board, [7] the Bristol Hotel [8] a children's play park and a boulevard lined with nine cannon overlooking the harbo
In 1988, the then-Shell petrol station located on the road was the scene of a controversial British military operation known as Operation Flavius.On 6 March, a Special Air Service (SAS) group shot dead three members of a Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) team, made up of Danny McCann, Seán Savage and Mairéad Farrell while they were making their way to Spain on foot.
Bmibaby operated its last service to Gibraltar on 8 September 2012, and the airline operated its last flight the following day. On 10 January 2012, Gibraltar was selected as one of the 'World's Scariest Airport Landings and Take-offs' in the travel section of the Daily Telegraph due to its runway which extends into the sea. [15]
2009 17 December A ferry service restarts between Gibraltar and Algeciras after a gap of 40 years. [110] 2010 In order to overcome budget problems which follow the departure and arrest of the previous mayor, the mayor of La Linea de la Conception proposes to charge a toll for entry to Gibraltar and to tax telephone lines to Gibraltar.