Fort Saint Elmo
Fort Saint Elmo is a star fort in Valletta, Malta. It stands on the seaward shore of the Sciberras Peninsula that divides Marsamxett Harbour from Grand Harbour, and commands the entrances to both harbours along with Fort Tigné and Fort Ricasoli.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Fort
- Description: fortification in Malta
- Also known as: “Fort St Elmo” and “Il-Fortizza Sant’Jiermu”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include National War Museum and Church of St Anne, Fort St Elmo.
National War Museum
Museum
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The National War Museum is a museum in Fort Saint Elmo in the city of Valletta, Malta. It is one of the most popular museums in Malta. From 1975 to 2014, its collection mainly focused on World War I and World War II.
Church of St Anne, Fort St Elmo
Church
Photo: NickGeorge1993, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Church of St Anne is a former Roman Catholic church located in Fort Saint Elmo in Valletta, Malta. It was built in the 1720s and it was deconsecrated while the fort was controlled by the British military.
Mediterranean Conference Centre
Convention center
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The Mediterranean Conference Centre is a conference centre in Valletta, Malta. The building was built as a hospital in the 16th century by the Order of St. Mediterranean Conference Centre is situated 300 metres south of Fort Saint Elmo.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Floriana Granaries and Birgu.
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.
Floriana
Town
Photo: Xwejnusgozo, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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.
Fort Saint Elmo
- Categories: bastion fort, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Valletta, Malta Island, Malta, Europe
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Satellite Map
Discover Fort Saint Elmo from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Catalan to Ukrainian—“Fort Saint Elmo” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “fort de Sant Elm”
- Catalan: “Fort de Sant Elm”
- Chinese: “聖埃爾莫要塞”
- Czech: “Forti Sant’Iermu”
- Czech: “Pevnost St. Elmo”
- Dutch: “Fort Sint-Elmo”
- French: “Fort Saint-Elme”
- German: “Fort St Elmo”
- German: “Fort St. Elmo”
- German: “St. Elmo”
- Hebrew: “מבצר סנט אלמו”
- Hungarian: “Szent Elmo-erőd”
- Italian: “Forte Sant’Elmo”
- Japanese: “聖エルモ砦”
- Maltese: “Forti Sant’Iermu”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Fort Saint Elmo”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Fort St. Elmo”
- Norwegian: “Fort St. Elmo”
- Persian: “قلعه سنت المو”
- Polish: “Fort Saint Elmo”
- Portuguese: “Forte de Santo Elmo”
- Portuguese: “Forte de São Elmo”
- Portuguese: “Torre de Santo Elmo”
- Russian: “Форт Сант-Эльмо”
- Russian: “Форт Святого Эльма”
- Russian: “Форт Сент-Эльмо”
- Slovak: “Pevnosť St. Elmo”
- Slovenian: “Trdnjava svetega Elma”
- Spanish: “Fuerte de San Telmo”
- Spanish: “Fuerte San Elmo”
- Turkish: “St. Elmo Kalesi”
- Ukrainian: “Форт святого Ельма”
- Ukrainian: “Форт Святого Ельма”
- Ukrainian: “Форт Сент-Ельмо”
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