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Mdina

Mdina 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.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include National Stadium Ta‘ Qali and St. Paul’s Cathedral.

Stadium
Photo: D T G, Public domain.
The National Stadium, locally also referred to as Ta' Qali, officially known as Grawnd Nazzjonali, is a located in , . The stadium, which also contains the headquarters of the Malta Football Association, seats 16,997 people and is, by far, the largest stadium in the country.

Church
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Metropolitan Cathedral of Saint Paul, commonly known as St Paul's Cathedral or the Mdina Cathedral, is a Catholic cathedral in , , dedicated to St.

Castle
Photo: Tomsen II, CC BY 3.0.
is a palace in the , 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.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Rabat and Mosta.

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: Felix Koenig, CC BY 3.0.
is a small but densely populated city in the of . The most prominent building in is , a large basilica built by its parishioners' volunteer labour.

Mdina

Latitude
35.886° or 35° 53′ 9″ north
Longitude
14.4026° or 14° 24′ 9″ east
Population
292
Elevation
161 metres (528 feet)
Open location code
8F7PVCP3+92
Open­Street­Map ID
node 4224194638
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
8299719
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Mdina” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “المدينة”
  • French: “Mdina”
  • German: “Mdina”
  • Italian: “Medina”
  • Maltese: “Imdina”
  • Maltese: “L-Imdina”
  • Portuguese: “Mdina”
  • Spanish: “Mdina”
  • Ukrainian: “Мдіна”

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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 Wikivoyage page “Mdina”. Photo: Berthold Werner, CC BY-SA 3.0.