Fort Chambray
Fort Chambray or Fort Chambrai is a bastioned fort located in the precincts of Għajnsielem, on the island of Gozo, Malta. It was built in the mid-18th century by the Order of Saint John, in an area known as Ras it-Tafal, between the port of Mġarr and Xatt l-Aħmar.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Wolljuergen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Parish Church of Our Lady of Loreto and Our Lady of Lourdes Church.
Parish Church of Our Lady of Loreto
Church
Photo: Berthold Werner, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Parish Church of Our Lady of Loreto is a Roman Catholic neo-gothic parish church located in the village of Għajnsielem on the island of Gozo, Malta. Parish Church of Our Lady of Loreto is situated 520 metres northwest of Fort Chambray.
Our Lady of Lourdes Church
Church
Photo: Luca Aless, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Our Lady of Lourdes Church is situated 470 metres northeast of Fort Chambray.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mġarr and Nadur.
Nadur
Village
Photo: Mariosaliba, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Nadur is an administrative unit of Malta, located in the eastern part of the island of Gozo. Nadur is built on a plateau and is one of the largest localities in Gozo.
Qala
Village
Photo: Sudika, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Qala is an administrative unit of Malta, on the island of Gozo, with a population of 1,929 as of September 2019. Nearby is Ħondoq ir-Rummien, a coastline with salt pans and caves.
Fort Chambray
- Type: Triangulation station
- Description: former hospital in Malta
- Categories: hospital, fort, and former hospital
- Location: Għajnsielem, Gozo, Malta, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Ukrainian—“Fort Chambray” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Fortesa Chambrai”
- Albanian: “Fortesa Fort Chambray”
- Chinese: “钱伯瑞堡”
- Chinese: “錢伯瑞堡”
- Dutch: “Fort Chambray”
- Egyptian Arabic: “حصن شامبراى”
- French: “fort Chambray”
- French: “Fort Chambray”
- Georgian: “ფორტ ჩამბრეი”
- German: “Fort Chambray (Forti Xambré)”
- German: “Fort Chambray”
- Maltese: “Forti Chambray”
- Polish: “Fort Chambray”
- Ukrainian: “Форт Шамбре”
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