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Wardija Tower

Wardija Tower, originally known as Torre della Guardia di Giorno and also known as Bubaqra Tower, is a small watchtower in the limits of , .
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Photo: Inkwina, CC BY-SA 4.0.
  • Type: Tower
  • Description: tower
  • Also known as: “Torri Wardia” and “Torri Wardija”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Bubaqra Tower and Blue Grotto.

Historic building
Photo: Malcolmalta, Public domain.
, formerly named as Saliba Tower, is a fortified house in , limits of , . It was built as a country retreat in the late 16th century. is situated 690 metres north of Wardija Tower.

Photo: Ninaeva, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The refers to a number of sea caverns on the south east coast of , a short distance from the fishing harbour limits of Wied iż-Żurrieq, Malta. is situated 1½ km west of Wardija Tower.

Church
Photo: Kritzolina, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Church of St Catherine is a Roman Catholic that serves the village of . is situated 1¼ km north of Wardija Tower.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Żurrieq and Safi.

Town
Photo: Mauroonline, CC BY 2.5.
is a town in the Western Region of . It is one of the oldest towns in the country, and has a population of 11,823 inhabitants as of March 2014.

Village
Photo: Sudika, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a in the Western Region of , bordering and . It has a population of 2,126 people as of March 2014. The formation of the village, as known today, goes back to the Punic-Roman period: the , a round Punic-Roman tower in the village, was probably built at the time of the Punic Wars.

Locality
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Il-Maqluba is a with a surface area of around 4,765 square metres situated in the village of in Malta. Il-Maqluba is a Special Area of Conservation – Candidate Site of International Importance and designated as a Tree Protection Area, forming…

Wardija Tower

Latitude
35.8193° or 35° 49′ 10″ north
Longitude
14.4731° or 14° 28′ 23″ east
Elevation
136 metres (446 feet)
Inception
1659
Open location code
8F7PRF9F+P6
Open­Street­Map ID
way 171895544
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
man_made=­tower
Geo­Names ID
2562292
Wiki­data ID
Q1331021
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Satellite Map

Discover Wardija Tower from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Spanish—“Wardija Tower” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “Torre Wardija”
  • Dutch: “Wardija Tower”
  • French: “Wardija Tower”
  • German: “Wardija Tower”
  • Hungarian: “Wardija torony”
  • Italian: “Torre della Guardia di Giorno”
  • Maltese: “Torri tal-Wardija”
  • Polish: “Wieża Wardija”
  • Spanish: “Torre Wardija”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Wardija Tower”. Photo: Inkwina, CC BY-SA 4.0.