Fort Madalena
Fort Madalena, also known as Fort Madliena, is a polygonal fort in Madliena, in the limits of Swieqi, Malta. It was built between 1878 and 1880 by the British as part of the Victoria Lines.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Madliena Tower and Mediterraneo Marine Park.
Madliena Tower
Castle
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Madliena Tower, originally known as Torre della Paulina, is a small watchtower in Madliena, limits of Pembroke, Malta. It was completed in 1658 as the fourth of the De Redin towers. Madliena Tower is situated 1 km northeast of Fort Madalena.
Mediterraneo Marine Park
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Mediterraneo Marine Park is situated 1 km northwest of Fort Madalena.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Swieqi and Baħar iċ-Ċagħaq.
Swieqi
Town
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Swieqi is a town in the Eastern Region of Malta. It is a residential area just 15 minutes by bus from Sliema and within walking distance of Malta's nightlife and entertainment centres, Paceville and St.
Baħar iċ-Ċagħaq
Village
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Baħar iċ-Ċagħaq is an urban village in Malta situated between the limits of Madliena, Magħtab, Għargħur and Pembroke. The area is situated at the mouth of the island's longest valley called 'Wied il-Kbir'.
Għargħur
Village
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Għargħur is a village in the Eastern Region of Malta. It is situated on a hilltop between two valleys, and has a population of 2,768, as of March 2014.
Fort Madalena
- Type: Fort
- Also known as: “El Madliena”, “Fort Maddalena”, “Il-Fortizza tal-Madliena”, and “Madliena Fort”
- Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
- Location: Is-Swieqi, Malta, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Egyptian Arabic to Spanish—“Fort Madalena” goes by many names.
- Egyptian Arabic: “حصن مادالينا”
- French: “fort Madliena”
- French: “Fort Madliena”
- Maltese: “Fortizza ta‘ Madalena”
- Maltese: “Fortizza ta’ Madalena”
- Persian: “قلعه مادالنا”
- Polish: “Fort Madliena”
- Spanish: “Fuerte Madalena”
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