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Buskett Gardens

The Buskett Gardens, forming one of the few woodland areas in , are located in the fertile valley of Wied il-Luq in . The 30 ha site lies to the west of and just east of .
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  • Type: Park
  • Description: park in Siġġiewi, Malta
  • Also known as: “Boschetto Gardens”, “Buskett Woodland”, and “Il Boschetto”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Verdala Palace and Misraħ Għar il-Kbir.

Castle
Photo: Tomsen II, CC BY 3.0.
is a palace in the Buskett Gardens, limits of , . It was built in 1586 during the reign of Hugues Loubenx de Verdalle, and now serves as the official summer residence of the President of Malta.

Photo: Lysy, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Misrah Ghar il-Kbir is a prehistoric site in , in the south of the , near the Dingli Cliffs. It is best known for its "cart ruts", a complex network of tracks carved in the rock.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Dingli and Rabat.

Village
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is a village in the Western Region of , with a population of 3,865 as of 2021. It is 13 kilometres from the capital and two kilometers from the nearest town, .

Photo: Berthold Werner, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a town in the Western Region of , with a population of 11,497 as of March 2014. It adjoins the ancient capital city of , and a north-western part of was in the Roman city of Melite until its medieval retrenchment.

Photo: Berthold Werner, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a small city in and its former capital. The town is a joy to stroll around in: many of the alleys really give the sense that nothing has changed here for more than a millennium since the Arabs were here.

Buskett Gardens

Latitude
35.86028° or 35° 51′ 37″ north
Longitude
14.39778° or 14° 23′ 52″ east
Elevation
219 metres (719 feet)
Open location code
8F7PV96X+44
Geo­Names ID
2563169
Wiki­data ID
Q1017641
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Uzbek—“Buskett Gardens” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Buskett”
  • French: “Buskett Gardens”
  • French: “Jardins du Bosquet”
  • Georgian: “ბასკეტის ბაღები”
  • German: “Buskett Gardens”
  • Hebrew: “גני בוסקט”
  • Italian: “Buskett Gardens”
  • Italian: “Giardini di Boschetto”
  • Macedonian: “Градини Бускет”
  • Maltese: “Buskett”
  • Polish: “Ogrody Buskett”
  • Russian: “Сады Бускетт”
  • Swedish: “Buskett”
  • Uzbek: “Buskette bogʻlari”

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Highlights include Il-Kastell ta’ Verdala and Verdala Palace.

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About Mapcarta. 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 “Buskett Gardens”. Photo: EM21869, CC BY-SA 4.0.