Madliena
Madliena, formerly spelt Madalena, is an area in Swieqi, in Northern Region, Malta, formerly part of the adjacent town of Għargħur.Photo: Joseph.j.zarb, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Locality
- Description: part of Swieqi, Malta
- Also known as: “El Madliena”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Madliena Tower and Australia Hall.
Madliena Tower
Castle
Photo: Joseph.j.zarb, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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.
Australia Hall
Ruins
Photo: Continentaleurope, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Australia Hall is a former entertainment hall in Pembroke, Malta, which was built by the Australian Branch of the British Red Cross Society in 1915. The building burnt down in 1998, and only its roofless shell remains today, awaiting redevelopment.
Fort Madalena
Barracks
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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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Swieqi and Pembroke.
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.
Pembroke
Town
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Pembroke is a town in the Eastern Region of Malta, and it is considered to be the country's newest locality. To the east is Paceville, the nightlife district of Malta.
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.
Madliena
- Category: human settlement
- Location: Is-Swieqi, Malta, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Spanish—“Madliena” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “المدلانة”
- Arabic: “المَدْلَانَةُ”
- Dutch: “Madliena”
- French: “Il-Madliena”
- French: “Madliena”
- Irish: “Madliena”
- Maltese: “Madliena”
- Spanish: “Madalena”
- Spanish: “Madliena”
- Spanish: “Magdalena”
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