Queen's Gate is a

city gate A city gate is a gate which is, or was, set within a city wall. It is a type of fortified gateway. Uses City gates were traditionally built to provide a point of controlled access to and departure from a walled city for people, vehicles, goods ...

in the

British Overseas Territory 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 remna ...

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. A large population of Barbary macaques reside in this area, making it a major tourist attraction. Most of the macaques sleep within an area of around the Queen's Gate. The gate was created by breaching the

Charles V Wall The Charles V Wall is a 16th-century defensive curtain wall that forms part of the fortifications of the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar. Originally called ''Muralla de San Benito'' (English: St. Benedict's Wall), it was built in 1540 ...

in about 1790. The wall itself is much older and was constructed in 1540 at the command of

Philip II of Spain Philip II) in Spain, while in Portugal and his Italian kingdoms he ruled as Philip I ( pt, Filipe I). (21 May 152713 September 1598), also known as Philip the Prudent ( es, Felipe el Prudente), was King of Spain from 1556, King of Portugal from ...

.Red plaque on the wall near this gate The gate is just above Prince Ferdinand's Battery, now known as ''Ape's Den''. Inglis Way, one of the walks within the

Upper Rock Nature Reserve The Gibraltar Nature Reserve (formerly the Upper Rock Nature Reserve) is a protected nature reserve in the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar that covers over 40% of the country's land area. It was established as the Upper Rock Nature Rese ...

, starts at this gate. During World War II Queen's Gate Battery was the site of two 6 inch guns. These guns could fire over 6,000 yards.

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