SS Margit

SS Margit is a disaster remains in Il-Kalkara, Malta. SS Margit is situated nearby to the historic building Bighi Baths, as well as near the museum Esplora.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Fort St. Angelo and Malta Maritime Museum.

Fort St. Angelo

Castle

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Fort St. Angelo is a bastioned fort in Birgu, Malta, located at the centre of the Grand Harbour. It was originally built in the medieval period as a castle called the Castrum Maris. Fort St. Angelo is situated 330 metres west of SS Margit.

Malta Maritime Museum

Museum

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The Malta Maritime Museum is a maritime museum in Birgu, Malta. It is housed in the former Royal Naval Bakery, which was built in the 1840s as the main bakery for the Mediterranean Fleet. Malta Maritime Museum is situated 460 metres south of SS Margit.

National Library

Library

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The National Library of Malta, often known as the Bibliotheca, is a reference library in Republic Square, Valletta, Malta. It was founded by Grand Master Emmanuel de Rohan-Polduc in 1776 out of the collections of the knight Louis Guérin de Tencin. National Library is situated 1 km northwest of SS Margit.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Birgu and Senglea.

Birgu

Town

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Birgu, also known by its title Città Vittoriosa, is an old fortified city on the south side of the Grand Harbour in the Port Region of Malta. The city occupies a promontory of land with Fort Saint Angelo at its head and the city of Cospicua at its base.

Senglea

Town

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Senglea, also known by its title Città Invicta, is a fortified city in the Port Region of Malta. It is one of the Three Cities in the Grand Harbour area, the other two being Cospicua and Vittoriosa, and has a population of approximately 2,720 people.

Kalkara

Village

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Kalkara is a village in the Port Region of Malta, with a population of 3,014 as of March 2014. The name is derived from the Latin word for lime, and it is believed that there was a lime kiln present there since Roman times.

SS Margit

Type: Disaster remains
Categories: historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
Location: Il-Kalkara, Malta, Europe
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Latitude

35.89183° or 35° 53′ 31″ north

Longitude

14.52186° or 14° 31′ 19″ east

Open location code

8F7PVGRC+PP

OpenStreetMap ID

node 13614906767

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=wreck

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