Cambridge Battery
Cambridge Battery is a Victorian-era battery in Sliema, Malta. It is commonly referred to as Fort Cambridge, although it was never classified as a fort while in use. It originally contained an Armstrong 100-ton gun.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: military base
- Also known as: “Fort Cambridge”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include The Point and Garden Battery.
The Point
Shopping center
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The Point is a shopping center, which is situated 170 metres southeast of Cambridge Battery.
Garden Battery
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Garden Battery is an artillery battery in Sliema, Malta. It was built by the British between 1889 and 1894. The battery is located at Tigné Point, between Cambridge Battery and Fort Tigné. Garden Battery is situated 190 metres southeast of Cambridge Battery.
Manoel Island
Islet
Photo: Motionlapse, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Manoel Island, formerly known as Bishop's Island or the Isolotto, is a small island which forms part of the municipality of Gżira in Marsamxett Harbour, Malta.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Northern Harbor of Malta and Valletta.
Northern Harbor of Malta
Photo: Qoan, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Sliema is in Malta. St. Julian's is a town in Malta. San Gwann is a city in Malta.
Valletta
Photo: Thyes, Public domain.
Valletta or Il-Belt is the capital of Malta. Historically built as harbour city to first capital, Valletta preserves much of its 16th-century architectural heritage built under the Hospitallers.
Gżira
Town
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Gżira is a town in the Eastern Region of Malta. It is located between Msida and Sliema, also bordering on Ta' Xbiex. It has a population of 11,699 as of January 2019.
Cambridge Battery
- Categories: artillery battery, tourism, historic site, and fort
- Location: Sliema, Malta Island, Malta, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
35.90903° or 35° 54′ 33″ northLongitude
14.50967° or 14° 30′ 35″ eastElevation
20 metres (66 feet)Open location code
8F7PWG55+JVOpenStreetMap ID
way 352179825OpenStreetMap feature
historic=fortOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionGeoNames ID
2563164Wikidata ID
Q1028285
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Polish—“Cambridge Battery” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “حصن كامبريدج”
- German: “Cambridge Battery”
- Maltese: “Batterija ta‘ Cambridge”
- Maltese: “Batterija ta’ Cambridge”
- Maltese: “Cambridge Battery”
- Maltese: “Fort Cambrdige”
- Maltese: “Forti Cambridge”
- Polish: “Bateria Cambridge”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Cambridge Battery”. Photo: Continentaleurope, CC BY-SA 4.0.