Rock of Gibraltar Rock of Gibraltar The Rock of Gibraltar, also known as The Rock, is a monolithic limestone promontory located in the British overseas territory of Gibraltar, near the southwestern tip of Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. It is high. Most of the Rock's upper area is covered by a nature reserve, which is home to around 300 Barbary macaques. These macaques, as well as a labyrinthine network of tunnels, attract a large number of tourists each year. The Rock of Gibraltar was one of the two Pillars of Hercules and was known to the Romans as "Mons Calpe", the other pillar
Tales of the Gold Monkey substitute brass monkey that is kept at the Monkey Bar for the rest of the series. The series was inspired by the 1939 drama film "Only Angels Have Wings". Originally, the series was to be called "Tales of the Brass Monkey", but the Heublin company had run a series of magazine ads with exactly that name about a bar in the Far East, with hints of Casablanca intrigue and references to the Kenpeitai; so, to avoid legal difficulties, the name was changed to "Gold Monkey". At the end of the pilot episode, it is revealed that the statue at the