Notre Dame Gate
The Notre Dame Gate, also known as the Notre Dame de la Grace Gate, the Cottonera Gate, the Żabbar Gate or Bieb is-Sultan, is the main gate of the Cottonera Lines, located in Cottonera, Malta.Photo: Continentaleurope, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Monument
- Description: City gate in Cottonera, Malta
- Also known as: “Notre Dame de la Grace Gate – Cottonera Lines”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include St Edward’s College, Malta and Fort Verdala.
St Edward’s College, Malta
School
Photo: Vittoriosa, CC BY-SA 3.0.
St Edward's College, Malta is a Maltese private boys' independent school, with optional boarding, in Cottonera. Its enrollment is just under 700 pupils of 5–18 years of age. St Edward’s College, Malta is situated 110 metres north of Notre Dame Gate.
Fort Verdala
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Fort Verdala, also known as Verdala Barracks, is a fortified barracks in Cospicua, Malta. It was built by the British in the 1850s within part of the bastions of the 17th century Santa Margherita Lines. Fort Verdala is situated 470 metres west of Notre Dame Gate.
Fort San Salvatore
Fort
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Fort San Salvatore, also known as Fort Salvatore, is a retrenched fort in Birgu, Malta. It was built in 1724 on one of the bastions of the Cottonera Lines. Fort San Salvatore is situated 640 metres north of Notre Dame Gate.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cospicua and Cottonera.
Cospicua
Town
Photo: SpectreOfMalta, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Cospicua or Bormla is a double-fortified harbour city in the Port Region of Malta. It served as the principal port of Phoenician Malta and, through Greek, Latin, and Arabic, may have given its name to the island and country.
Cottonera
Photo: Dirk.heldmaier, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Cottonera is a group of three adjacent cities in Malta with a population of about 11,000 : Cospicua, Vittoriosa and Senglea. They are collectively also known as the Three Cities.
St.Helens Gate
Locality
Photo: Continentaleurope, CC BY-SA 4.0.
St. Helen's Gate, also known as Porta dei Mortari, is the main gate of the Santa Margherita Lines, located in Cospicua, Malta. It was built in the Baroque style in 1736 to designs of Charles François de Mondion, during the magistracy of Grand Master António Manoel de Vilhena.
Notre Dame Gate
- Categories: gate and historic site
- Location: Il-Birgu, Malta, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
35.88037° or 35° 52′ 49″ northLongitude
14.52933° or 14° 31′ 46″ eastOpen location code
8F7PVGJH+4POpenStreetMap ID
node 2269132870OpenStreetMap feature
historic=monumentWikidata ID
Q26965384
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In Other Languages
From Maltese to Tswana—“Notre Dame Gate” goes by many names.
- Maltese: “Bieb is-Sultan”
- Maltese: “Il-Mina ta‘ Ħaż-Żabbar”
- Polish: “Brama Notre Dame”
- Spanish: “Puerta de Notre Dame”
- Tswana: “Notre Dame Gate”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Bieb is-Sultan and Saint Patrick’s Football Ground.
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