Gibraltar in 1567. Taken from anton van den wyngaerde's 'panoramic view of the bay of gibraltar towards the city with the african coast in the background' held in the ashmolean museum, oxford (check here). Scanned illustration from the book cities of the golden age. The spanish views by anton van den wyngaerde, madrid (2008). Directed by richard l. Kagan. The following elements are distinguished in the drawing:
a. Sta maria eglyesia mayor (parish church, current cathedral of saint mary the crowned)
b. Mercy (mercy hospital)
c. Sto juan de lateran (church of saint john lateran)
d. Sto francisco (church of san francisco)
e. No. Mrs. Del rosario (hermitage of our lady of the rosary)
f. The devil's tower
g. The torto tower (one-eyed tower)
h. Ceuto (ceuta)
l. The cymera (mount musa, mount abila, one of the pillars of hercules)
m. Cueue sto mychyl (saint michael's cave)
n. The tower of the tarfes (tarfes tower)
o. Here was the battle of don henryco (arenales colorados, alluding to enrique pérez de guzmán, second count of niebla, who died in his attempt to take the city)
p. El castyllo (moorish castle)
q. La guardya de dio (day guard, referring to the surveillance post located in el hacho). Date: 1567.
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