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| Native name | |
|---|---|
| Location | Gibraltar |
| Coordinates | 36°08′17″N 5°21′05″W / 36.137931°N 5.351302°W |
| North | Prince Edward's Road Castle Road |
| East | Devil's Gap Road |
| South | Gardiner's Road |
| West | Wilson's Ramp Morello's Ramp Charles V Ramp |
Flat Bastion Road is a road in Gibraltar, the British Overseas Territory at the southern end of the Iberian Peninsula. The road runs north–south, providing views of the city and Bay of Gibraltar. Previously known in Spanish as Senda del Moro (English: Path of the Moor), the traditional Llanito name for the road is Cuesta de Mr. Bourne.[1]
The road angles along the west side of the Rock of Gibraltar to the Flat Bastion, a fortification. Married quarters were built along the road. In the nineteenth century there were outbreaks of yellow fever in the 1820s and of diphtheria in the 1880s among the residents, apparently due to faulty sewers. Developments included, in the 1830s a school for poor children which remained in use as a school into the early twentieth century and a club where masked balls were held. In modern times the bastion's magazine has been refurbished for civilian use, the barracks have been converted into affordable housing, and parking has become an issue.