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As a precondition to admission, the border with Gibraltar was reopened in 1985 after a 16-year hiatus, and Spain was admitted to the EU in 1986.
Gibraltar was the scene of some fierce fighting in 1704, when Great Britain captured the Rock on behalf of Austria.
Crossing the Straits of Gibraltar, the armada attacked and seized the North African city of Ceuta.
It wasn’t until 1830 that Gibraltar achieved the status of a British crown colony, which it holds to this day.
Gibraltar looms ever larger as you approach San Roque, which was established by Spanish refugees who fled the Rock when the English captured it in 1704.