Prince’s Lines

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Prince’s Lines are a historic defensive fortification carved into the northern face of the Rock of Gibraltar, designed to protect the territory from land-based attacks.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Prince’s Lines canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (39)

Predicate Object
instanceOf defensive fortification ⓘ
military fortification ⓘ
accessedFrom northern slopes of the Rock of Gibraltar ⓘ
adjacentTo King’s Lines ⓘ
Queen’s Lines ⓘ
builtBy British military engineers ⓘ
category coastal fortifications in Gibraltar ⓘ
military history of Gibraltar ⓘ
constructedAs rock-cut defensive line ⓘ
controlledBy British Army (historically) ⓘ
linked to: British Army
country United Kingdom ⓘ
currentUse historic site ⓘ
defends North Front of Gibraltar ⓘ
designedTo protect Gibraltar from land-based attacks ⓘ
era 18th century ⓘ
faces Spanish mainland ⓘ
follows line of the North Front of Gibraltar ⓘ
geologicalContext Jurassic limestone of the Rock of Gibraltar ⓘ
hasFeature artillery positions ⓘ
communication galleries ⓘ
musketry positions ⓘ
parapets ⓘ
traverses ⓘ
hasViewOver Spanish Lines area ⓘ
heritageStatus part of Gibraltar’s historic fortifications ⓘ
locatedIn Gibraltar ⓘ
locatedOn Rock of Gibraltar ⓘ
locatedOnSideOf northern face of the Rock of Gibraltar ⓘ
material limestone rock ⓘ
namedAfter a British prince ⓘ
openToPublic partially ⓘ
overlooks isthmus connecting Gibraltar to Spain ⓘ
partOf Fortifications of Gibraltar ⓘ
Northern Defences of Gibraltar ⓘ
landward defences of Gibraltar ⓘ
primaryFunction landward defence ⓘ
strategicPurpose deny enemy approach along the isthmus ⓘ
flank attackers on the landward side ⓘ
usedDuring Great Siege of Gibraltar ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

fortifications of Gibraltar → hasPart → Prince’s Lines ⓘ
King’s Lines → near → Prince’s Lines ⓘ
Queen’s Lines → connectedTo → Prince’s Lines ⓘ