| During our stay, we took the cable car up to the top of the Rock and then �walked the Rock�. On the Upper Rock we encountered the �Rock apes�, which were in fact not apes but tailless monkeys known as Barbary Macaques. As we walked down the Rock, we visited St. Michael�s Cave (where in the grotto we observed a fascinating cross-section of a huge stalagmite), the Apes� Den, the Great Siege Tunnels (excavated during the Great Siege of 1779-83, the last of 14 sieges since Britain�s possession of the Rock in 1704), the Military Heritage Center, the City Under Siege Exhibition, and the entrance to the World War II tunnels (where the invasion of North Africa was planned by General Eisenhower). In all, there were now over 30 miles of tunnels inside the Rock as well as a potential underground city. We also took the bus to the lighthouse at Europa Point, the southernmost tip of Gibraltar, visited the Gibraltar Museum, and watched the weekly �Key Ceremony� pageantry involving the locking of Landport Gate, the only entrance to the town during the 18th century. |
