Cottonera

Cottonera is a group of three adjacent cities in with a population of about 11,000 : Cospicua, Vittoriosa and Senglea. They are collectively also known as the Three Cities.
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  • Type: human settlement
  • Description: human settlement
  • Also known as: “Kottonera” and “Three Cities”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Ħal Saflieni Hypogeum and Ħal Tarxien Temples.

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The Hypogeum of Ħal Saflieni is a Neolithic subterranean structure dating to the Saflieni phase in Maltese prehistory, located in , . It is often simply referred to as the Hypogeum, literally meaning "underground" in Greek.

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The Ħal Tarxien Prehistoric Complex is an archaeological complex in , within the Port region of . They date to approximately 3400 BC. The site was accepted as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1992 along with the other Megalithic temples on the island of Malta.

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

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Valletta and Żabbar.

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or Il-Belt is the capital of . Historically built as harbour city to first capital, preserves much of its 16th-century architectural heritage built under the Hospitallers.

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, also known as Città Hompesch, is a city in the Port Region of . It is the seventh largest city in the country, with an estimated population of 15,648 as of January 2021.

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Sliema is in . St. Julian's is a town in . San Gwann is a city in .

Cottonera

Latitude
35.8769° or 35° 52′ 37″ north
Longitude
14.5219° or 14° 31′ 19″ east
Open location code
8F7PVGGC+QQ
Wiki­data ID
Q680230
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Russian—“Cottonera” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “Tres Ciutats”
  • Chinese: “三姊妹城”
  • Czech: “Tři města”
  • Dutch: “Drie Steden”
  • Esperanto: “Tri Urboj (Malto)”
  • Esperanto: “Tri Urboj”
  • French: “Trois Cités”
  • German: “Drei Städte”
  • Hebrew: “שלוש הערים”
  • Hungarian: “Három Város”
  • Italian: “Cottonera”
  • Italian: “Tre Città”
  • Japanese: “スリーシティーズ”
  • Maltese: “Kottonera”
  • Polish: “Three Cities”
  • Russian: “Три города”

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