Naval Monument at Gibraltar (Gibraltar)
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Name (Hebrew)
אנדרטת חיל הים בגיברלטר (גיברלטר)
Name (Latin)
Naval Monument at Gibraltar (Gibraltar)
Name (Arabic)
النصب البحري في جبل طارق
Other forms of name
American Steps (Gibraltar)
American War Memorial (Gibraltar)
See Also From tracing topical name
War memorials Gibraltar
World War, 1914-1918 Monuments Gibraltar
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Wikidata:
Q119309
Library of congress:
sh2018001480
Sources of Information
- Work cat: American Battle Monuments Commission. Naval Monument at Gibraltar, 2018?:title page (Naval Monument at Gibraltar; on the west side of Line Wall Road; its steps lead down to Reclamation Road and Queensway; it is a stop named "American Steps" for buses; Gibraltar GPS N36 8.599 W5 21.266)
- American Battle Monuments Commission, June 11, 2018:Home/Cemeteries & Memorials/Naval Monument at Gibraltar (The World War I Naval Monument in Gibraltar, is located at the Straits of Gibraltar, the gateway to the Mediterranean Sea. It is a masonry archway which leads to a British Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery; the monument, constructed of the stone from the neighboring Rock of Gibraltar, commemorates the achievements of the U.S. Navy in the nearby waters and its comradeship with the British Royal Navy during World War I; steps lead downward from the south side of the Naval Monument to the busy harbor; thus its nickname of the "American Steps")
- Wikipedia, June 11, 2018:American War Memorial, Gibraltar (The American War Memorial (also known as the American Steps or more formally the Naval Monument at Gibraltar) is a World War I memorial in the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar; built for the American Battle Monuments Commission in 1933, and incorporated into the main city wall, the Line Wall Curtain)