User:Ecemaml/DYK

This is a list of "Did you knows" from articles created or expanded by Ecemaml:

Did you know...

... that Giovanni Battista Calvi was an Italian military engineer who worked on many important Spanish defensive projects in the 1500s, to include those in the now British overseas territory of Gibraltar?

... that all of early 14th century Europe was consecrated under the protection of Our Lady of Europe (statue pictured) in Gibraltar where devotion has continued for over 700 years?
...that archivist and cricketer, Tommy Finlayson, was one of the many Gibraltarian civilian evacuees during World War II and later wrote a book about this important period of the history of Gibraltar?
... that Juan Mateos was the founder of Gibraltar's first hospital which remained on the same site and served the people of Gibraltar for almost four and a half centuries?

... that in 1939, excavations beneath John Mackintosh Square in Gibraltar (pictured) for the construction of an air-raid shelter revealed no signs of any foundations, suggesting it has always been an open square?
... that Gibtelecom is the largest telecommunications operator in the British overseas territory of Gibraltar and the official sponsor of the annual Gibtelecom International Chess Festival?