Talk:Grand Casemates Square

Copy paste?
I visited Gibraltar and met the owner of DiscoverGibraltar web site and he intends to authorise the use of the copy pastes made on this article by Gibmetal77 (and referenced!). Gibmetal77 is aware of these conversations. We have a timing problem here in that not all this is documented properly. However can I confirm that there is no theft taking place here. Obviously, we need to make this more obvious. Victuallers (talk) 08:39, 31 July 2012 (UTC)
 * I've added the CC-BY-SA template above. --Gibmetal 77 talk 2 me 14:54, 2 August 2012 (UTC)

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Question
I don't know that a galley house is and I can't find a definition anywhere. I am wondering if it is a shipyard or drydock or something of that sort. AkilinaL (talk) 05:33, 16 November 2019 (UTC)

Help needed!
I want to add these three sentences in the British section.

Because of its location near the northern border, the old galley house with its 2.5 meter thick walls was used by the British for ammunition storage. It became known as the Shot House. During the 13th Siege of Gibraltar in 1727 when the Spanish bombarded La Villa Vieja, most of the buildings there were demolished, but the Shot House, though damaged survived at least until the Great Siege when it too was removed.

https://www.visitgibraltar.gi/history-walk, Website is "Visit Gibraltar" by the Gibraltar Tourist Board, specific page is "A Historical Walk Through Town"

Sentences should be inserted before the sentence beginning "However, its construction...." Unfortunately, when I try to do this it changes the previous citations somehow.

Following the problems the Spanish faced with the buildings sinking into the soft wet ground, the British began to construct fortress walls and battlements on higher, more solid ground.[2][6] In 1770, chief engineer William Green began preparatory work for the construction of Grand Casemates as bombproof barracks on the square's northern flank.[2][5] However, its construction was not started until after the Great Siege of 1779-1783 and it was finished in 1817 under the governorship of General Sir George Don.[5]

After the Great Siege the British decided to demolish most buildings within the square which had suffered great damage. This opened up the area into an esplanade which could be used for public events such military parades and public executions.[2][6]

There are some grammatical and punction problems, with the existing information but I am less concerned about that.

AkilinaL (talk) 16:34, 17 November 2019 (UTC)