Former coastal artillery battery in Gibraltar, now a public promenade.
The Saluting Battery was an artillery battery in the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar. Positioned above the Line Wall Curtain, it defended the west side of Gibraltar, including Gibraltar Harbour. Gardiner’s Battery and Victoria Battery were higher batteries that fired over it. The site has now been converted into a promenade.
The Saluting Battery was an artillery battery forming part of the Fortifications of Gibraltar, in the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar. It stood above the Line Wall Curtain and was positioned to defend the west side of Gibraltar, including Gibraltar Harbour. As a coastal battery, it occupied a lower position than some of the surrounding military installations. Two other installations, Gardiner’s Battery and Victoria Battery, were described as higher or retired batteries. They were sited so that they could fire over the top of the Saluting Battery, which itself lay on the coast. This arrangement placed the Saluting Battery within a layered defensive system protecting the strategically important harbour and western approaches to Gibraltar. Ownership of the site is attributed to the Government of Gibraltar, and it is open to the public. The former military position has been converted into a promenade, allowing visitors to walk where guns once stood. Although many specific historical details such as construction dates, materials, and periods of use are not provided, the available information shows the Saluting Battery’s role within Gibraltar’s wider network of fortifications and its later transformation from an active defensive work into a public coastal walkway.
