St Peter’s Church and Monastery, Mdina

The Church and Monastery of St Peter is a Catholic church complex in , . It formerly housed a Benedictine monastery for cloistered nuns. The church is dedicated to St Peter and St Benedict.
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  • Type: Monastery
  • Denomination: Roman Catholic
  • Description: church and monastery building in Mdina, Malta
  • Also known as: “Knisja u Monasteru ta‘ San Pietru”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include St. Paul’s Cathedral and National Museum of Natural History.

Church
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The Metropolitan Cathedral of Saint Paul, commonly known as St Paul's Cathedral or the Mdina Cathedral, is a Catholic cathedral in , , dedicated to St. is situated 120 metres north of St Peter’s Church and Monastery, Mdina.

Museum
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The is a natural history museum in the mediaeval walled city of , Malta. It is housed in Palazzo Vilhena, a French Baroque palace rebuilt in 1726 by Grand Master Antonio Manoel de Vilhena to designs of Charles François de Mondion.

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, also known as the Main Gate or the Vilhena Gate, is the main into the fortified city of , . It was built in the Baroque style in 1724 to designs of Charles François de Mondion, during the magistracy of Grand Master António Manoel de Vilhena.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Mdina and Imtarfa.

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is a small city in and its former capital. The town is a joy to stroll around in: many of the alleys really give the sense that nothing has changed here for more than a millennium since the Arabs were here.

Village
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Mtarfa is a small town in the of , with a population of 2,572 as of March 2014. It was considered to be a suburb of until 2000, when it became a separate local council.

Hamlet
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Ta' Qali is a wide open space in the limits of and in central and northern respectively, which contains , the Malta Fairs & Conventions Centre, Ta' Qali National Park, a crafts village, and a national vegetable market which is locally known as the Pitkalija.

St Peter’s Church and Monastery, Mdina

Latitude
35.88534° or 35° 53′ 7″ north
Longitude
14.40374° or 14° 24′ 14″ east
Open location code
8F7PVCP3+4F
Open­Street­Map ID
way 1178755492
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­monastery
Open­Street­Map attribute
denomination=­roman_catholic
Wiki­data ID
Q29586837
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In Other Languages

From Egyptian Arabic to Spanish—“St Peter’s Church and Monastery, Mdina” goes by many names.
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كنيسه و دير القديس بطرس”
  • Italian: “Chiesa e il Monastero di San Pietro”
  • Maltese: “Il-Knisja u Monasteru ta‘ San Pietru”
  • Polish: “klasztor benedyktynek z kaplicą św. Piotra w Mdinie”
  • Polish: “Klasztor benedyktynek z kaplicą św. Piotra w Mdinie”
  • Spanish: “Iglesia y Monasterio de San Pedro”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Church of Saint Agatha and Mdina Police Station.

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