Birgu
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.
- Town with about 2,270 residents
- Description: city in Malta
- Also known as“Città Vittoriosa”“Vittoriosa”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Inquisitor’s Palace and Malta Maritime Museum.
Inquisitor’s Palace
Museum
The Inquisitor's Palace, also known as the Sacred Palace, is a palace in Birgu, Malta.
Malta Maritime Museum
Museum
The Malta Maritime Museum is a maritime museum in Birgu, Malta.
Auberge de Castille et Portugal
Monument
The Auberge de Castille et Portugal was an auberge in Birgu, Malta.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kalkara and Senglea.
Kalkara
Village
Kalkara is a village in the Port Region of Malta, with a population of 3,014 as of March 2014.
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Latitude
35.88811° or 35° 53′ 17″ north
Longitude
14.52384° or 14° 31′ 26″ east
UN/LOCODE
MT BRG
Open location code
8F7PVGQF+6G
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Amharic to Yue Chinese—“Birgu” goes by many names.
- Amharic: “ቪቶርዮሳ”
- Arabic: “البُرْجُ”
- Arabic: “بيرجو”
- Arabic: “فيتوريوزا”
- Armenian: “Բիրգու”
- Azerbaijani: “Vittoriosa”
- Basque: “Birgu”
- Belarusian: “Біргу”
- Bengali: “বিরগো”
- Bengali: “ভিট্টোরিওজা”
- Catalan: “Birgu”
- Catalan: “Vittoriosa”
- Cebuano: “Il-Birgu”
- Chechen: “Биргу”
- Chinese: “比尔古”
- Chinese: “比爾古”
- Chinese: “维托里奥萨”
- Chinese: “维托里奥萨城”
- Czech: “Birgu”
- Czech: “Vittoriosa”
- Danish: “Birgu”
- Dutch: “Birgu”
- Dutch: “Vittoriosa”
- Egyptian Arabic: “بيرجو”
- Esperanto: “Birgu”
- Esperanto: “Il-Birgu”
- Esperanto: “Vittoriosa”
- Finnish: “Birgu”
- Finnish: “Città Vittoriosa”
- Finnish: “Vittoriosa”
- French: “Birgu”
- French: “Citta‘ Vittoriosa”
- French: “Il-Birgu”
- French: “Vittoriosa”
- Georgian: “ბირგუ”
- German: “Birgu”
- German: “Vittoriosa”
- Greek: “Μπίργκου”
- Gujarati: “બિર્ગુ”
- Hausa: “Vittoriosa”
- Hebrew: “בירגו”
- Hebrew: “ויטוריוסה”
- Hindi: “बिर्गु”
- Hindi: “विट्टोरियोसा”
- Hungarian: “Birgu”
- Indonesian: “Birgu”
- Indonesian: “Vittoriosa”
- Italian: “Vittoriosa”
- Japanese: “ヴィットリオーサ”
- Japanese: “ビルグ”
- Javanese: “Vittoriosa”
- Kannada: “ಬರ್ಗು”
- Kazakh: “Витториоза”
- Kirghiz: “Витториоза”
- Korean: “비르구”
- Latin: “Burgus”
- Latvian: “Birgu”
- Lithuanian: “Birgu”
- Lithuanian: “Vitorioza”
- Macedonian: “Биргу”
- Malay: “Birgu”
- Malay: “Vittoriosa”
- Maltese: “Birgu”
- Marathi: “बिर्गु”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Birgu”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Vittoriosa”
- Norwegian: “Birgu”
- Oromo: “Vittoriosa”
- Panjabi: “ਵਿੱਟੋਰੀਓਸਾ”
- Persian: “بیرگو”
- Persian: “ویتوریوسا”
- Polish: “Birgu”
- Polish: “Vittoriosa”
- Portuguese: “Birgu”
- Portuguese: “Vittoriosa”
- Pushto: “فيتوريوزا”
- Russian: “Биргу”
- Russian: “Витториоза”
- Serbian: “Birgu”
- Serbian: “Città Vittoriosa”
- Serbian: “Биргу”
- Sicilian: “Birgu”
- Sicilian: “Vittoriosa”
- Silesian: “Birgu”
- Sinhala: “බර්ගු”
- Slovenian: “Birgu”
- Slovenian: “Città Vittoriosa”
- Slovenian: “Il-Birgu”
- Slovenian: “Vittoriosa”
- Somali: “Vittoriosa”
- Spanish: “Birgu”
- Spanish: “Vittoriosa”
- Swahili: “Vittoriosa”
- Swedish: “Birgu”
- Swedish: “Vittoriosa”
- Tajik: “Витториоза”
- Tamil: “பீர்க்கு”
- Tatar: “Биргу”
- Tatar: “Витториоза”
- Telugu: “బిర్గ్యూ”
- Thai: “บีร์กู”
- Turkish: “Birgu”
- Turkish: “Vittoriosa”
- Ukrainian: “Біргу”
- Urdu: “بیرگو”
- Urdu: “وٹوریوسا”
- Uzbek: “Vittoriosa”
- Vietnamese: “Birgu”
- Yue Chinese: “比爾古”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Ix-Xewkija and Xatt ir-Riżq.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Ghost House and The Norman House.
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