Rock of Gibraltar may have originated from an escape of North African animals transported to Spain; it is also possible that the original Gibraltar macaques are a remnant of populations that are known to have spread throughout Southern Europe during the Pliocene, up to 5.5 million years ago. Some animals of the Rock have been reintroduced by the Alameda Wildlife Conservation Park who have three Barbary macaques. The Rock of Gibraltar, at the head of the Strait, is a prominent headland, which accumulates migrating birds during the passage periods. The vegetation on the Rock, unique in southern Iberia, provides a temporary home for
Allegory of the Dutch Defeat of the Spanish Fleet in Gibraltar place on 25 April 1607 in the context of the Eighty Years' War. The painting shows in the foreground a Dutch and a Spanish struggling between them by a wooden bar, while an English and a Venetian observe them. In the background one can observe the naval battle in the vicinity of the Rock. Allegory of the Dutch Defeat of the Spanish Fleet in Gibraltar Allegory of the Dutch Defeat of the Spanish Fleet in Gibraltar, 25 April 1607 (Dutch: Allegorie op de overwinning van de Hollandse op de Spaanse vloot bij Gibraltar) is an oil painting on panel of