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Description: The South Front defences can be seen in the lower centre of this photograph. The flat area was known as The Grand Parade Ground with Alameda Gardens to the right. The stepped structure of King Charles V wall can be seen to the right of centre at the top. This wall still exists today. Views from a model of Gibraltar in en:Gibraltar Museum. The model is 8 meter's long at a scale of 1/600 or 1inch = 50ft which represents the almost 3 mile length of Gibraltar It was completed in 1865 from a survey by Lient. Charles Waren R.E. under the direction of Major General Frome R.E. it was coloured after nature by Captain B.A. Branfill of 86 Regiment 1868. These pictures are from DiscoverGibraltar.com and are generously given by the site and its auithor Jim Crone
Title: Gibraltar Model 1865 (7)
Credit: http://www.discovergibraltar.com/pages/mainlogo/mainfrm.htm
Author: Jim Crone
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