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Fort San Salvatore

Fort San Salvatore, also known as Fort Salvatore, is a retrenched fort in , . It was built in 1724 on one of the bastions of the .
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  • Type: Fort
  • Description: retrenched fort in Birgu, Malta
  • Also known as: “Fort Salvatore”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Inquisitor’s Palace and St Joseph Parish Church.

Museum
Photo: Berthold Werner, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Inquisitor's Palace, also known as the Sacred Palace, is a palace in , . It was the seat of the Maltese Inquisition from 1574 to 1798, under the name Palazzo del Sant'Officio. is situated 550 metres west of Fort San Salvatore.

Church
Photo: Sudika, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is situated 260 metres north of Fort San Salvatore.

Museum
Photo: Jastrow, CC BY 2.5.
The Malta is a in , . It is housed in the former Royal Naval Bakery, which was built in the 1840s as the main bakery for the Mediterranean Fleet. is situated 710 metres west of Fort San Salvatore.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kalkara and Birgu.

Village
Photo: Sudika, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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.

Town
Photo: Xwejnusgozo, CC BY-SA 3.0.
, also known by its title Città Vittoriosa, is an old fortified city on the south side of the in the Port Region of . The city occupies a promontory of land with Fort Saint Angelo at its head and the city of at its base.

Town
Photo: SpectreOfMalta, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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.

Fort San Salvatore

Latitude
35.88607° or 35° 53′ 10″ north
Longitude
14.52841° or 14° 31′ 42″ east
Open location code
8F7PVGPH+C9
Open­Street­Map ID
node 6833892296
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­fort
Wiki­data ID
Q20667115
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In Other Languages

From Egyptian Arabic to Polish—“Fort San Salvatore” goes by many names.
  • Egyptian Arabic: “حصن سان سالفاتور”
  • Polish: “Fort San Salvatore”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Is-Sur tas-Salvatur and Il-Bieb tas-Salvatur.

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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 “Fort San Salvatore”. Photo: Continentaleurope, CC BY-SA 4.0.