St. Michael's Cave, Rock of Gibraltar

St. Michael's Cave, Rock of Gibraltar, vintage silver print glossy double-weight 8 x 10 photograph.

St. Michael's Cave or Old St. Michael's Cave is the name given to a network of limestone caves located within the Upper Rock Nature Reserve in the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar, at a height of over 300 metres (980 ft) above sea level. According to Alonso Hernández del Portillo, the first historian of Gibraltar, its name is derived from a similar grotto in Monte Gargano near the Sanctuary of Monte Sant'Angelo in Apulia, Italy, where the archangel Michael is said to have appeared.

Printed in the second half of the 20th century as part of the American Heritage Publishing Archive.

Verso bears original handwritten ID notations and publicity snipe. In very good condition.

Provenance: From the American Heritage Publishing Archives.