Barcina Gate

{{Short description|City gate in Gibraltar}}

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Barcina Gate was a city gate in the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar. It was located near the port and formed part of the walls, towers and one of three separate access gates which were later named Barcina by the Spanish.{{cite book|author=Fa & Finlayson|title=The Fortifications of Gibraltar 1068-1945|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BC5QBR0oB04C&pg=PA12|access-date=1 April 2013|year=2006|publisher=Osprey Publishing|isbn=978-1-84603-016-1|page=12}} Henrique de Guzman was hanged on one of the turrets of the gate here.{{cite book|last=Mann|first=J H.|title=A history of Gilbralter and its sieges. Lib. ed|publisher=Provost|url=https://archive.org/details/ahistorygilbral00manngoog|access-date=1 April 2013|year=1870|page=[https://archive.org/details/ahistorygilbral00manngoog/page/n226 205]}}

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Category:City gates in Gibraltar

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