Granada Gate

{{Short description|City gate in Gibraltar}}

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Granada Gate was a city gate in the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar. The gate was constructed during Gibraltars "Islamic period."{{Cite web |title=Gate of Granada |url=https://www.gibmuseum.gi/news/gate-of-granada-46 |access-date=2025-03-11 |website=Gibraltar National Museum |language=en}} It was the main entry point by land to the old town of Gibraltar{{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}} at the time of its Marinid occupation during the 14th century.{{Cite web |date=2005-08-01 |title=The Gibraltar Magazine August 2005 by Rock Publishing Ltd - Issuu |url=https://issuu.com/thegibraltarmagazine/docs/the_gibraltar_magazine_-_august_2005_vol_10_no_09/44 |access-date=2025-03-11 |website=issuu.com |language=en}} The gate was called the "Granada" gate due to the gate facing towards the city of Granada. The gate was destroyed by the British during the 18th century as part of an attempt to modernize and upgrade Gibraltar's defenses.{{Cite journal |last=Guzman |first=Francisco Jose Giles |last2=Pacheco |first2=Francisco Giles |last3=Finlyason |first3=Clive |date=2009-10-01 |title=La puerta de Granada de Gibraltar. Nuevas aportaciones a la arquitectura y arqueología islámica gibraltareña |url=https://institutoecg.es/almoraima/index.php/revista/article/view/1082/1052 |journal=Almoraima. Revista de Estudios Campogibraltareños |language=es |issue=39 |pages=349–366 |issn=1133-5319}} Artifacts such as ceramics dating from the 14th to 18th centuries were recovered from excavations of the site.