User:Gibmetal77/sandbox/Architecture of Gibraltar
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The architecture of Gibraltar includes all human building within the modern borders of Gibraltar, from the Moorish period to the present day which has a notable history spanning over 800 years. Gibraltar, now a British Overseas Territory, was first conceived as a fortress by the Moors in 1160. Successive sieges spanning almost five centuries destroyed most of the town's earlier architectural features however, the composition of the streets within the walls of the Moorish Castle still reflects the urban pattern of the late medieval period. The various Mediterranean peoples who later made the Rock their home also left their mark on Gibraltar's urban landscape.
Today, Gibraltar's urban architecture is a hodge-podge of Mediterranean and British architecture surrounded by the remnants of massive fortifications.