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Glacis Road
Glacis Road is a road in northern end of the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar, the southwestern end of which is the junction with the Waterport Roundabout, where Waterport Road and Queensway also intersect. From the roundabout, Glacis Road extends to the northeast. At its mid portion, the road intersects with Bayside Road, at which point it changes course to a southeast direction. Its eastern end intersects with Winston Churchill Avenue. The North District office of the Royal Gibraltar Post Office The Royal Gibraltar Post Office is the postal services in the British overseas territory of Gibraltar. It is currently a department within the Government of Gibraltar. History The Gibraltar Post Office has been running for over 150 years, as ... is located on Glacis Road. References Streets in Gibraltar {{Europe-road-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glacis Road, Gibraltar
A glacis (; ) in military engineering is an artificial slope as part of a medieval castle or in early modern fortresses. They may be constructed of earth as a temporary structure or of stone in more permanent structure. More generally, a glacis is any slope, natural or artificial, which fulfils the above requirements. The etymology of this French word suggests a slope made dangerous with ice, hence the relationship with ''glacier''. A ''glacis plate'' is the sloped front-most section of the hull of a tank or other armoured fighting vehicle. Ancient fortifications A glacis could also appear in ancient fortresses, such as the one the ancient Egyptians built at Semna in Nubia. Here it was used by them to prevent enemy siege engines from weakening defensive walls. Hillforts in Britain started to incorporate glacis around 350 BC. Those at Maiden Castle, Dorset were high. Medieval fortifications Glacis, also called talus, were incorporated into medieval fortifications t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Overseas Territories
The British Overseas Territories (BOTs), also known as the United Kingdom Overseas Territories (UKOTs), are fourteen dependent territory, territories with a constitutional and historical link with the United Kingdom. They are the last remnants of the former British Empire and do not form part of the United Kingdom itself. The permanently inhabited territories are internally Self-governance, self-governing, with the United Kingdom retaining responsibility for Defence (military), defence and foreign relations. Three of the territories are inhabited only by a transitory population of military or scientific personnel. All but one of the rest are listed by the Special Committee on Decolonization, UN Special Committee on Decolonization as United Nations list of non-self-governing territories, non-self-governing territories. All fourteen have the Monarchy of the United Kingdom, British monarch as head of state. three territories (the Falkland Islands, Gibraltar and the Akrotiri an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gibraltar
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Waterport Road
Waterport is a hamlet in Orleans County, New York, United States. The community is located along Oak Orchard Creek and New York State Route 279, north-northwest of Albion. Waterport has a post office A post office is a public facility and a retailer that provides mail services, such as accepting letters and parcels, providing post office boxes, and selling postage stamps, packaging, and stationery. Post offices may offer additional serv ... with ZIP code 14571. References Hamlets in Orleans County, New York Hamlets in New York (state) {{OrleansCountyNY-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Queensway, Gibraltar
Queensway is a main coastal road in the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar and the only road servicing the oldest leisure marina on The Rock, Queensway Quay. It connects the marina with the industrial park in the southern end of the Gibraltar Harbour. Description Queensway is built on reclaimed land immediately to the west of Line Wall Curtain, Gibraltar's main city wall and runs along most of its length. It was renamed ''Queensway'' after a visit by Queen Elizabeth II in 1954. visitgibraltar.gi, accessed 12 March 2013 The road begins in northern Gibraltar at the roundabout with and |
Bayside Road
Bayside may refer: United States *Bayside, California * Bayside High School (other), several schools in the U.S. and Canada * Bayside Marketplace, Miami, Florida *Bayside Historic District, a sub-neighborhood of the Belle Meade neighborhood of Upper Eastside, Miami, Florida * Bayside (Jeanerette, Louisiana), listed on the NRHP in Louisiana *Bayside Historic District (Northport, Maine), listed on the NRHP in Maine *Bayside, Maine, a residential zone in Northport, Maine *Bayside, a neighborhood in Portland, Maine * Bayside, Queens, New York, a neighborhood in New York City **Bayside (LIRR station), rail station in Queens *Bayside, Texas *Bayside, Accomack County, Virginia * Bayside, Virginia Beach, Virginia *Bayside, Westmoreland County, Virginia * Bayside, Wisconsin Canada *Bayside, New Brunswick *Bayside, Nova Scotia *Bayside, Ontario Other places *Bayside Comprehensive School, Gibraltar * Bayside, Dublin, in Ireland *City of Bayside, in the Australian State of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Winston Churchill Avenue, Gibraltar
Winston Churchill Avenue is an arterial road in the British overseas territory of Gibraltar, and is the only road in and out of the territory, connecting it with Spain. Once the customs are crossed, the avenue becomes the dual carriageway ( es, Autovía) CA-34 (former national road N-351). Description The northern end of the road starts at Gibraltar's border with Spain and passes Gibraltar International Airport at Victoria Stadium, which is Gibraltar's major sporting venue. The road intersects the airport's runway at surface level; movable barricades close when aircraft land or take off. In 2009, the Government of Gibraltar announced that a new highway will be built in order to avoid motor vehicles crossing the runway, which currently causes congestion. The new road, a dual carriageway, will link the customs checkpoint with Devil's Tower Road, crossing the east end of the airport runway underground, through a 350-metre tunnel. File:Winston Churchill Avenue, Gibraltar.jpg F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Royal Gibraltar Post Office
The Royal Gibraltar Post Office is the postal services in the British overseas territory of Gibraltar. It is currently a department within the Government of Gibraltar. History The Gibraltar Post Office has been running for over 150 years, as in 1857 the Overland Post Office (based in the colonial authorities' premises at Secretary's Lane) merged with the Packet Agency (which had office's in Turnbull's Lane). The first stamps went on sale in September and a year later a new building was completed and opened at 104 Main Street. This remains the main post office in Gibraltar today. In 1886 the local colonial authorities took over control of the Gibraltar Post Office and were able to issue their own stamps. Initially they overprinted Bermuda stamps but by December they had their own design. However, they still sold Spanish stamps if required and between 1889 and 1898 the post office sold Gibraltar stamps valued in pesetas as this was the currency in circulation. For the firs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
