St.Helens Gate

St. Helen's Gate, also known as Porta dei Mortari, is the main of the Santa Margherita Lines, located in , . 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.
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  • Type: Locality
  • Description: City gate in Cospicua, Malta
  • Also known as: “Il-Bieb ta Santa Liena”, “St Helen Gate – Sta Margherita Lines”, and “St. Helen’s Gate”

Places of Interest

Highlights include St Paul’s Church and Fort Verdala.

Church
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St Paul's Church is a Baroque-Doric 18th century church located in , .

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, also known as Verdala Barracks, is a fortified barracks in , . It was built by the British in the 1850s within part of the bastions of the 17th century Santa Margherita Lines.

Museum
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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.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Cottonera and Cospicua.

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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.

Town
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or Bormla is a double-fortified harbour city in the Port Region of . 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.

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was an important naval base in the in in the Mediterranean Sea. The infrastructure which is still in operation is now operated by Palumbo Shipyards.

St.Helens Gate

Latitude
35.87917° or 35° 52′ 45″ north
Longitude
14.52077° or 14° 31′ 15″ east
Open location code
8F7PVGHC+M8
Open­Street­Map ID
node 4774095165
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Wiki­data ID
Q26953727
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In Other Languages

From Egyptian Arabic to Polish—“St.Helens Gate” goes by many names.
  • Egyptian Arabic: “بوابة سانت هيلين”
  • Polish: “Brama św. Heleny”
  • “Porta dei Mortari”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Tal-Foss and Santa Margherita Bastion.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include St Helen’s Naval Reservoirs and Misraħ Karmenu Mifsud Bonnici.

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