Santa Margherita Bastion
Santa Margherita Bastion is a locality in Il-Birgu, Malta. Santa Margherita Bastion is situated nearby to the town Cospicua, as well as near the locality Wesgha Mattia Preti.Places of Interest
Highlights include Collegiate Church of the Immaculate Conception and Malta Maritime Museum.
Collegiate Church of the Immaculate Conception
Church
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The Collegiate Church of the Immaculate Conception is a Roman Catholic parish church located in Cospicua, Malta.
Malta Maritime Museum
Museum
Inquisitor’s Palace
Museum
Photo: Berthold Werner, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Inquisitor's Palace, also known as the Sacred Palace, is a palace in Birgu, Malta. It was the seat of the Maltese Inquisition from 1574 to 1798, under the name Palazzo del Sant'Officio.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cospicua and St.Helens Gate.
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.
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.
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.
Santa Margherita Bastion
- Type: Locality
- Category: historic site
- Location: Il-Birgu, Malta, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
35.88096° or 35° 52′ 52″ northLongitude
14.5251° or 14° 31′ 30″ eastOpen location code
8F7PVGJG+92OpenStreetMap ID
node 3817155145OpenStreetMap feature
historic=yesOpenStreetMap feature
place=locality
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