Fort St. Angelo

Fort St. Angelo is a bastioned fort in , , located at the centre of the . It was originally built in the medieval period as a castle called the Castrum Maris.
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  • Type: Museum
  • Description: fortification on Malta
  • Also known as: “Castrum Maris”, “Fort Saint Angelo”, “Fort Sant’Angelo”, “Fort St Angelo”, “Fortizza Sant’Anglu”, and “Fortizza Sant’Anġlu”
  • Historically known as: “HMS Egmont” and “HMS St Angelo”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Malta Maritime Museum and St John’s Co-Cathedral.

Museum
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The is a maritime museum in , . It is housed in the former Royal Naval Bakery, which was built in the 1840s as the main bakery for the Mediterranean Fleet. is situated 510 metres southeast of Fort St. Angelo.

Church
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St John's Co-Cathedral is a co-cathedral in , , 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. is situated 1 km northwest of Fort St. Angelo.

Square
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The , also known as the Royal Theatre, was an opera house and performing arts venue in , . It was designed by the English architect Edward Middleton Barry and was erected in 1866. is situated 1 km northwest of Fort St. Angelo.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Senglea and Birgu.

Town
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, also known by its title Città Invicta, is a fortified city in the Port Region of . It is one of the in the area, the other two being and Vittoriosa, and has a population of approximately 2,720 people.

Town
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, also known by its title Città Vittoriosa, is an old fortified city on the south side of the in the Port Region of . The city occupies a promontory of land with Fort Saint Angelo at its head and the city of at its base.

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or Il-Belt is the capital of . Historically built as harbour city to first capital, preserves much of its 16th-century architectural heritage built under the Hospitallers.

Fort St. Angelo

Latitude
35.89182° or 35° 53′ 31″ north
Longitude
14.51821° or 14° 31′ 6″ east
Operator
Heritage Malta
Open location code
8F7PVGR9+P7
Open­Street­Map ID
way 54896162
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­castle
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­museum
Geo­Names ID
2562521
Wiki­data ID
Q2207146
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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: “聖天使要塞”
  • 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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Explore places such as Vittoriosa Waterfront and Xatt ir-Riżq.

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