Línea de Contravalación de Gibraltar

Today: Restos de la Línea de Gibraltar (fuerte de Santa Bárbara), La Línea de la Concepción

Place: Algeciras
Kind: Fort
Built: 1730 to 1735
What remains: Ruins
Visiting: Open to visit

The system of fortifications that Jorge Próspero de Verboom built from 1730 to 1735 across the isthmus of Gibraltar: two forts, Santa Bárbara and San Felipe, joined by a line with five bastions. British sappers destroyed it on 14 February 1810, with the permission of the Spanish government. Fragmentary remains survive; the foundations of the fort of Santa Bárbara can be seen in a small park.

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