Jews’ Gate Cemetery
Jews' Gate Cemetery is a Jewish cemetery located on Windmill Hill within a nature reserve in the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar. Also known as the Windmill Hill Cemetery, it is the site of the earliest known Jewish burials in Gibraltar.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Cemetery
- Description: Jewish Cemetery in Gibraltar
- Also known as: “Jews‘ Gate Cemetery” and “Windmill Hill Cemetery”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Gorham’s Cave and Jews’ Cemetery Battery.
Gorham’s Cave
Cave
Photo: Gibmetal77, CC BY 3.0.
Gorham's Cave is a sea-level cave in the British overseas territory of Gibraltar. Though not a sea cave, it is often mistaken for one. Considered to be one of the last known habitations of the Neanderthals in Europe, the cave gives its name to the Gorham's… Gorham’s Cave is situated 290 metres east of Jews’ Gate Cemetery.
Jews’ Cemetery Battery
Fort
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Jews' Cemetery Battery was an artillery battery in the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar.
The Rock
Peak
Photo: Gibnews, Public domain.
The Rock of Gibraltar is a monolithic limestone mountain 426 m high dominating the western entrance to the Mediterranean Sea. It is situated near the end of a narrow 9-kilometre-long promontory stretching due south into the Mediterranean Sea and is located within the British territory of Gibraltar.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Windmill Hill and South Mole.
Windmill Hill
Locality
Windmill Hill or Windmill Hill Flats is one of a pair of plateaux, known collectively as the Southern Plateaux, at the southern end of the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar.
South Mole
Locality
Photo: Itto Ogami, CC BY 3.0.
The South Mole is a breakwater located in the southern section of Gibraltar Harbour, in the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar, at the southern end of the Iberian Peninsula.
East Side
Hamlet
Photo: Malcolm Tredinnick, CC BY 2.0.
Catalan Bay is a bay and fishing village in Gibraltar, on the eastern side of The Rock away from Westside.
Jews’ Gate Cemetery
- Category: burial
- Location: Gibraltar, Iberia, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
36.12046° or 36° 7′ 14″ northLongitude
-5.34526° or 5° 20′ 43″ westOpen location code
8C8P4MC3+5VOpenStreetMap ID
way 557826030OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=cemeteryWikidata ID
Q6190181
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Finnish to Spanish—“Jews’ Gate Cemetery” goes by many names.
- Finnish: “Jews‘ Gaten hautausmaa”
- Finnish: “Jews’ Gaten hautausmaa”
- Spanish: “Cementerio de la Puerta de los Judios”
- Spanish: “Cementerio de la Puerta de los Judíos”
- Spanish: “Cementerio Hebreo”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include George’s Bottom Cave and HM Prison Windmill Hill.
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