Southport Gates

From GibMap

These gates form part of the town's old fortifications. The original Southport gate was built in 1552 in the time of Emperor Charles V, and was known as the Africa Gate. The second bears the arms of Queen Victoria and General Sir John Adye (a former Governor of Gibraltar) and dates from 1883.

The third and widest of these gates is known as Referendum Gate, and was opened in 1967. It commemorates the Referendum in which Gibraltarians voted by an overwhelming majority to retain their links with Britain.