Fort St. Angelo
Fort St. Angelo is a bastioned fort in Birgu, Malta, located at the centre of the Grand Harbour. It was originally built in the medieval period as a castle called the Castrum Maris.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Castle
- Description: fortification on Malta
- Also known as: “Castrum Maris”, “Fort Saint Angelo”, “Fort Sant’Angelo”, “Fort St Angelo”, “Fortizza Sant’ Anġlu”, “Fortizza Sant’Anglu”, and “Fortizza Sant’Anġlu”
- Historically known as: “HMS Egmont” and “HMS St Angelo”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include National Library and Maritime Museum.
National Library
Library
Maritime Museum
Museum
Saint John’s Co-Cathedral
Church
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
St John's Co-Cathedral is a Catholic co-cathedral in Valletta, Malta, dedicated to Saint John the Baptist. It was built by the Order of St. John between 1573 and 1578, having been commissioned by Grand Master Jean de la Cassière as the Conventual Church of Saint John. Saint John’s Co-Cathedral is situated 1 km northwest of Fort St. Angelo.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Senglea and Birgu.
Senglea
Town
Photo: Xwejnusgozo, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Senglea, also known by its title Città Invicta, is a fortified city in the Port Region of Malta. It is one of the Three Cities in the Grand Harbour area, the other two being Cospicua and Vittoriosa, and has a population of approximately 2,720 people.
Birgu
Town
Photo: Xwejnusgozo, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Birgu, also known by its title Città Vittoriosa, is an old fortified city on the south side of the Grand Harbour in the Port Region of Malta. The city occupies a promontory of land with Fort Saint Angelo at its head and the city of Cospicua at its base.
Valletta
Photo: Thyes, Public domain.
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.
Fort St. Angelo
- Categories: fort, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Il-Birgu, Malta, Europe
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Latitude
35.89182° or 35° 53′ 31″ northLongitude
14.51821° or 14° 31′ 6″ eastOperator
Heritage MaltaOpen location code
8F7PVGR9+P7OpenStreetMap ID
way 54896162OpenStreetMap feature
historic=castle
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Fort St. Angelo” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “حصن سانت أنجلو”
- Basque: “San Aingeru gotorlekua”
- Bulgarian: “Форт Сант Анджело”
- Catalan: “Fort de Sant Àngel”
- Chinese: “圣安吉洛堡”
- Chinese: “圣安杰洛要塞”
- Chinese: “畢爾古”
- Chinese: “聖安吉洛堡”
- Dutch: “Fort Sint-Angelo”
- Egyptian Arabic: “حصن سانت انجلو”
- French: “fort Saint-Ange”
- French: “Fort Saint-Ange”
- French: “fort Sant’Angelo”
- German: “Castrum Maris”
- German: “Festung St. Angelo”
- German: “Fort St. Angelo (Forti Sant‘ Anglu)”
- German: “Fort St. Angelo”
- Hebrew: “מבצר סנט אנג’לו”
- Hindi: “fort st angelo”
- Indonesian: “Benteng St. Angelo”
- Italian: “Forte Sant‘ Angelo”
- Italian: “Forte Sant’Angelo”
- Japanese: “聖アンジェロ砦”
- Latvian: “Santandželo forts”
- Maltese: “Forti Sant’Anġlu”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Fort St. Angelo”
- Norwegian: “Fort St. Angelo”
- Polish: “Fort św. Anioła”
- Polish: “fort Świętego Anioła”
- Polish: “Fort Świętego Anioła”
- Portuguese: “Forte de Santo Ângelo”
- Russian: “Форт Сант-Анджело”
- Slovak: “Pevnosť St. Angelo”
- Slovenian: “Utrdba sv. Angela”
- Spanish: “Fuerte de San Angel”
- Spanish: “Fuerte de San Ángel”
- Ukrainian: “Форт Сент-Анджело (Біргу)”
- Ukrainian: “Форт Сент-Анджело”
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