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San
Roque information
City of San Roque
San Roque is the so-called City of Gibraltar in Exile.
This beautiful Andalusian town takes its name from
the Rock due to the series of events that occurred
in 1704 when the isthmus was taken by the English
and the original inhabitants refused the British offer
to stay in the colony. This was when the town was
founded, on a small hill with a chapel dedicated to
Saint Roque where Gibraltarians used to go to pray
for protection from the plague. The city grew gradually
during the sieges on the Rock, and the parish church
was built on the same site as the chapel in 1735.
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