Marsamxett Harbour
Marsamxett Harbour, historically also referred to as Marsamuscetto, is a natural harbour on the island of Malta. It is located to the north of the larger Grand Harbour. The harbour is generally more dedicated to leisure use than the Grand Harbour.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Harbor
- Description: second largest natural harbour in Malta
- Also known as: “Marsamuscetto Harbour”, “Marsmaxett”, and “Quarantine Harbour”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Manoel Island and Fort Manoel.
Manoel Island
Islet
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Manoel Island, formerly known as Bishop's Island or the Isolotto, is a small island which forms part of the municipality of Gżira in Marsamxett Harbour, Malta.
Fort Manoel
Photo: Helmut Seger, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Fort Manoel is a star fort on Manoel Island in Gżira, Malta. It was built in the 18th century by the Order of Saint John, during the reign of Grand Master António Manoel de Vilhena, after whom it is named.
National Library
Library
The National Library of Malta, often known as the Bibliotheca, is a reference library in Republic Square, Valletta, Malta. It was founded by Grand Master Emmanuel de Rohan-Polduc in 1776 out of the collections of the knight Louis Guérin de Tencin.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Valletta and Floriana Granaries.
Valletta
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Valletta or Il-Belt is the capital of Malta. Historically built as harbour city to first capital, Valletta preserves much of its 16th-century architectural heritage built under the Hospitallers.
Floriana
Town
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Floriana, also known by its title Borgo Vilhena, is a fortified town in the Port Region area of Malta, just outside the capital city Valletta. It has a population of 2,205 as of March 2014.
Marsamxett Harbour
- Categories: natural harbor and transportation
- Location: Il-Gżira, Malta, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Ukrainian—“Marsamxett Harbour” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Porti Marsamxett”
- Arabic: “مرسى مشيط”
- Arabic: “مَرْسَى مُشَيْط”
- Bashkir: “Марсамшетт”
- Catalan: “Port de Marsamxett”
- Chinese: “马尔萨姆谢特港”
- Dutch: “Marsamxett Harbour”
- French: “Marsamxett Harbour”
- Georgian: “მარსამშეტის ნავსადგური”
- German: “Marsamxett Harbour”
- Hebrew: “נמל מרסמשט”
- Hungarian: “Marsamxett”
- Italian: “Marsa Muscetto”
- Italian: “Marsamuscetto”
- Italian: “Marsamusetto”
- Japanese: “マルサイムシェット・ハーバー”
- Japanese: “マルサムシェット・ハーバー”
- Japanese: “マルサムシェット港”
- Maltese: “Il-Port ta’ Marsamxett”
- Maltese: “Marsamxett”
- Maltese: “Port ta’ Marsamxett”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Marsamxett-havna”
- Norwegian: “Marsamxett-havna”
- Polish: “Port Marsamxett”
- Portuguese: “Il-Port ta‘ Marsamxett”
- Portuguese: “Marsamxett Harbour”
- Portuguese: “Marsamxett”
- Portuguese: “Port of Marsamxett”
- Portuguese: “Porto de Marsamxett”
- Russian: “Марсамшетт”
- Ukrainian: “Марсамшетт”
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