Grand Harbour

The Grand Harbour, also known as the Port of Valletta, is a natural harbour on the island of . It has been substantially modified over the years with extensive docks, wharves, and fortifications.
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  • Type: Harbor
  • Description: natural harbour in Valetta, Malta
  • Also known as: “Great Harbour” and “The Grand Harbour”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Fort St. Angelo and Royal Opera House.

Museum
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is a bastioned fort in , , located at the centre of the Grand Harbour. It was originally built in the medieval period as a castle called the Castrum Maris.

Square
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The , also known as the Royal Theatre, was an opera house and performing arts venue in , . It was designed by the English architect Edward Middleton Barry and was erected in 1866.

Church
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St John's Co-Cathedral is a co-cathedral in , , dedicated to Saint John the Baptist. It was built by the Order of St. John between 1573 and 1578, having been commissioned by Grand Master Jean de la Cassière as the Conventual Church of Saint John.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Senglea and Floriana Granaries.

Town
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, also known by its title Città Invicta, is a fortified city in the Port Region of . It is one of the in the Grand Harbour area, the other two being and Vittoriosa, and has a population of approximately 2,720 people.

Locality
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is a locality.

Town
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, also known by its title Borgo Vilhena, is a fortified town in the Port Region area of , just outside the capital city . It has a population of 2,205 as of March 2014.

Grand Harbour

Latitude
35.89221° or 35° 53′ 32″ north
Longitude
14.51335° or 14° 30′ 48″ east
Elevation
90 metres (295 feet)
Open location code
8F7PVGR7+V8
Geo­Names ID
2563023
Wiki­data ID
Q220899
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Grand Harbour” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “المرسى الكبير (مالطة)”
  • Arabic: “الميناء الكبير”
  • Azerbaijani: “Valetta limanı”
  • Basque: “Portu Handia”
  • Belarusian: “Вялікая гавань”
  • Catalan: “Gran Port”
  • Chinese: “格兰德港”
  • Chinese: “瓦莱塔港”
  • Dutch: “Grand Harbour”
  • Esperanto: “Granda Haveno”
  • French: “Grand Harbour”
  • Georgian: “გრანდ ჰარბორი”
  • German: “Grand Harbour”
  • Hebrew: “הנמל הגדול”
  • Hungarian: “Il-Port Il-Kbir”
  • Italian: “Porto Grande”
  • Japanese: “グランド・ハーバー”
  • Latvian: “Lielā osta”
  • Maltese: “Il-Port il-Kbir”
  • Maltese: “Marsachibir (archaic)”
  • Marathi: “ग्रँड हार्बर”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Grand Harbour”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Grand Harbour”
  • Norwegian: “Grand Harbour”
  • Polish: “Wielki Port”
  • Portuguese: “Grão-Porto”
  • Russian: “Великая гавань”
  • Slovenian: “Grand Harbour”
  • Slovenian: “Veliko pristanišče, Valletta”
  • Spanish: “Gran Puerto”
  • Turkish: “Valletta Limanı”
  • Ukrainian: “Велика гавань”

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Localities in the Area

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