Cathedral Square, Gibraltar

Coordinates: 36°08′18″N 5°21′13″W / 36.138304°N 5.353711°W

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Cathedral Square
View of the Cathedral of the Holy Trinity looking northeast (2010).
Owner	Government of Gibraltar
Location	Gibraltar
Coordinates	36°08′18″N 5°21′13″W / 36.138304°N 5.353711°W / 36.138304; -5.353711

Cathedral Square is a square within the city centre of the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar.^[1] It is the location of the Church of England Cathedral of the Holy Trinity which stands to the eastern end of the square. Other features at the square include Duke of Kent House home to the Gibraltar Tourist Board,^[2] the Bristol Hotel^[3] a children's play park and Sir Herbert Miles Promenade, which is a boulevard lined with nine cannon overlooking the harbour.^[4]

The open space here was once a street called Columbine Street which was named after lieutenant-general Francis Columbine who was a deputy governor. The Moorish looking Cathedral dates from 1839 when the Church of the Holy Trinity was redefined. It had been designed by a military engineer for John Pitt, 2nd Earl of Chatham as a church in 1825.^[5]

References

^ Larry H. Ludmer (2002), Cruising the Mediterranean: A Guide to the Ports of Call, p. 180, The town of Gibraltar is centered around pretty Cathedral Square and its Anglican Cathedral of the Holy Trinity.
^ Hilary McGlynn (1999), The Hutchinson Almanac, Tourist department Gibraltar Tourist Board, Duke of Kent House, Cathedral Square, Gibraltar
^ Philip Dennis (1977), Gibraltar, David and Charles, p. 126
^ Dorothy Stannard (1998), Southern Spain, Here, in Cathedral Square, the most impressive of Gibraltar's cannon, a row of nine, faces out into the bay.
^ Benady, Tito (1996). The streets of Gibraltar : a short history. Grendon: Gibraltar Books. p. 29. ISBN 0948466375.

v t e Streets in Gibraltar
Pedestrianised streets	Castle Street Devil's Gap Road Irish Town Main Street Temple Way Turnbull's Lane Willis' Passage Wilson's Ramp
Roads	Bishop Caruana Road Boyd Street Buena Vista Road Calpe Road Castle Road Devil's Tower Road Europa Road Europort Avenue Flat Bastion Road Line Wall Road Prince Edward's Road Queen's Road Queensway Signal Station Road Sir Herbert Miles Promenade Rosia Road Sir Herbert Miles Road Temple Way Town Range Winston Churchill Avenue
Squares	Cathedral Square Grand Casemates Square John Mackintosh Square
Tunnels	Admiralty Tunnel Amelia's Incline AROW Street Dudley Ward Way Fordham's Accommodation Great North Road Keightley Way Landport Tunnel Little Bay Tunnel Williams Way
Footpaths	Devil's Gap Footpath Douglas Path Inglis Way Martin's Path Mediterranean Steps Royal Anglian Way
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