Il-Gelmus
Il-Gelmus is a hill located in Victoria, Gozo, Malta, 1 kilometre away from Victoria's city centre. The estimated terrain elevation above sea level is 133 metres.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Zairon, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 133 metres
- Description: hill in Malta
- Also known as: “Gelmus Hill”, “Ghelmus”, “Il Chelmus”, and “Il Ghelmus”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Gozo Museum of Archaeology and Cathedral of the Assumption.
Gozo Museum of Archaeology
Museum
The Gozo Museum of Archaeology is a museum in the Cittadella, the oldest part of the city, of Victoria in Gozo, Malta. The museum of Archaeology was opened in 1960 as the first public museum in Gozo and was known as the Gozo Museum.
Cathedral of the Assumption
Church
Photo: Laredawg, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Cathedral of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary into Heaven is a Roman Catholic cathedral in the Cittadella of Victoria in Gozo, Malta. The cathedral is dedicated to the Assumption of Mary, and has been the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Gozo since the formation of the diocese in 1864.
Gozo Nature Museum
Museum
Photo: Yoruno, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Gozo Nature Museum, formerly known as the Natural Science Museum, is a museum in Victoria, on the island of Gozo, Malta. Open to public since 1991, the museum is housed in a group of houses in the Cittadella, the oldest part of the city.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kerċem and Fontana.
Kerċem
Village
Photo: Sudika, Public domain.
Ta' Kerċem is a village in Malta, in the island of Gozo, with a population of 1,938 people as of March 2014. Ta' Kerċem evolved into a village community around chapel dedicated to Pope Gregory the Great built around 1581 and replaced in 1851 by a church which was enlarged to its present state between 1906 and 1910.
Fontana
Village
Photo: Sudika, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Fontana, as a local council, is an administrative unit of Malta, on the island of Gozo, with a population of 985 people.
St. Lucia
Hamlet
Photo: Matthew2007, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Santa Luċija is a hamlet in Kerċem, in Gozo Island, Malta. The hamlet takes its name from the church situated in the middle of the hamlet. The original chapel dedicated to St Lucy was recorded by inquisitor Pietro Dusina in 1575 during his apostolic visitation.
Il-Gelmus
Latitude
36.04804° or 36° 2′ 53″ northLongitude
14.23335° or 14° 14′ 0″ eastElevation
133 metres (436 feet)Open location code
8F8P26XM+68OpenStreetMap ID
node 10541849820OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Swedish—“Il-Gelmus” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “إل-جيلموس”
- Cebuano: “Il-Gelmus”
- Dutch: “Il-Gelmus”
- Swedish: “Il-Gelmus”
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