Auberge de Castille et Portugal
The Auberge de Castille et Portugal was an auberge in Birgu, Malta. It was built to house knights of the Order of Saint John from the langue of Castille, León and Portugal.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Qoan, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Inquisitor’s Palace and Maritime 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. Inquisitor’s Palace is situated 160 metres southwest of Auberge de Castille et Portugal.
Maritime Museum
Museum
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. Maritime Museum is situated 250 metres west of Auberge de Castille et Portugal.
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 610 metres northwest of Auberge de Castille et Portugal.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Birgu and Kalkara.
Birgu
Town
Photo: Xwejnusgozo, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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.
Kalkara
Village
Photo: Sudika, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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.
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.
Auberge de Castille et Portugal
- Type: Monument
- Description: auberge in Birgu
- Categories: auberge and historic site
- Location: Il-Birgu, Malta, Europe
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Latitude
35.8884° or 35° 53′ 18″ northLongitude
14.52346° or 14° 31′ 24″ eastOpen location code
8F7PVGQF+99OpenStreetMap ID
node 5590796821OpenStreetMap feature
historic=monumentWikidata ID
Q16252180
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In Other Languages
From French to Spanish—“Auberge de Castille et Portugal” goes by many names.
- French: “Auberge de Castille et Portugal”
- French: “Auberge de Castille”
- Maltese: “Berġa ta‘ Kastilja u Portugall”
- Polish: “Zajazd Kastylii i Portugalii”
- Spanish: “Albergue de Castilla”
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Highlights include The Norman House and Kunsill Lokali Birgu.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Auberge de Castille et Portugal”. Photo: Qoan, CC BY-SA 4.0.