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Gibraltar City Hall
The Gibraltar City Hall is the former city hall for Gibraltar, centrally located within the city at the west end of John Mackintosh Square. It is the office of the Mayor of Gibraltar and since 2023 has been the location of the Registry of Marriages. History The building was a private mansion built in 1819(Benady, 18) by Aaron Cardozo, a prosperous merchant of Jewish Portuguese descent who had settled in Gibraltar, as his family home. It was the grandest private mansion ever seen in Gibraltar.(Bond, 48) The three-storey house dominated John Mackintosh Square. It was erected on the site of the old hospital and chapel of ''La Santa Misericordia'' () and later prison. As a non Protestant, Cardozo was not legally allowed to own property in Gibraltar. However, as he had been a close friend of Lord Nelson and had supplied his fleet, he was eventually granted a site to build a house in the ''Alameda'' on the condition that it be "''an ornament''" to the square. Its cost was about  ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Mackintosh Square
John Mackintosh Square (colloquially The Piazza) is a main square in the British overseas territory of Gibraltar. It has been the centre of city life since the 14th century and takes its name from John Mackintosh, a local philanthropist. Notable buildings on John Mackintosh Square include the Parliament Building and the City Hall. History Originally known during the Spanish period as '' Plaza Mayor'' () (according to Alonso Hernández del Portillo in his work titled ''Historia de la Muy Noble y Más Leal Ciudad de Gibraltar'' −) or ''Gran Plaza'' () and afterwards as the '' Alameda'' (Spanish for an avenue lined with poplars, not to be confused with the Alameda Gardens), it opened out from the west of the '' Calle Real'' (now Main Street). Two buildings separated it from the Line Wall (Gibraltar's main sea wall during the Spanish period, which run from Landport to the foot of the South Mole): a large rectangular building to the west of the square, and a smaller lower ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
