Collegiate Church of Saint Lawrence

The Collegiate church of Saint Lawrence is an old Church situated in in .
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  • Type: Church
  • Denomination: Roman Catholic
  • Description: church in Birgu, Malta
  • Also known as: “collegiate Church of Saint Lawrence, Vittoriosa”, “Collegiate Church of Saint Lawrence, Vittoriosa”, and “St. Lawrence’s Church, Vittoriosa”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Malta Maritime Museum and Inquisitor’s Palace.

Museum
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The is a maritime museum in , . It is housed in the former Royal Naval Bakery, which was built in the 1840s as the main bakery for the Mediterranean Fleet.

Museum
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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.

Castle
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is a bastioned fort in , , located at the centre of the . It was originally built in the medieval period as a castle called the Castrum Maris. is situated 580 metres northwest of Collegiate Church of Saint Lawrence.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Birgu and Senglea.

Town
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, 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
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, also known by its title Città Invicta, is a fortified city in the Port Region of . It is one of the in the area, the other two being and Vittoriosa, and has a population of approximately 2,720 people.

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.

Collegiate Church of Saint Lawrence

Latitude
35.88729° or 35° 53′ 14″ north
Longitude
14.52142° or 14° 31′ 17″ east
Inception
1681
Height
10 metres (33 feet)
Open location code
8F7PVGPC+WH
Open­Street­Map ID
way 136730135
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­church
Open­Street­Map attribute
denomination=­roman_catholic
Wiki­data ID
Q7589469
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Portuguese—“Collegiate Church of Saint Lawrence” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “كنيسة سانت لورانس الجماعية”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كنيسه سانت لورانس (بيرجو)”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كنيسه سانت لورانس”
  • French: “église Saint-Laurent de Birgu”
  • French: “Église Saint-Laurent de Birgu”
  • Hebrew: “כנסיית לורנצו הקדוש”
  • Indonesian: “Gereja Santo Laurensius, Vittoriosa”
  • Maltese: “Il-knisja kolleġġjata arċipretali u matriċi ta‘ san lawrenz”
  • Polish: “Kolegiata św. Wawrzyńca w Birgu”
  • Portuguese: “Igreja de São Lourenço”
  • “St. Lawrence’s Church, Birgu”
  • “St. Lawrence’s Church, Vittoriosa”

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