St Joseph Parish Church
St Joseph Parish Church is a church in Il-Kalkara, Malta. St Joseph Parish Church is situated nearby to the police station Kalkara Police, as well as near Fort San Salvatore.Photo: Sudika, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Church
- Denomination: Roman Catholic
- Also known as: “Knisja Parrokkjali ta‘ San Ġużepp”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Fort San Salvatore and Fort St. Angelo.
Fort San Salvatore
Fort
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Fort San Salvatore, also known as Fort Salvatore, is a retrenched fort in Birgu, Malta. It was built in 1724 on one of the bastions of the Cottonera Lines. Fort San Salvatore is situated 260 metres south of St Joseph Parish Church.
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 1 km west of St Joseph Parish Church.
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 580 metres west of St Joseph Parish Church.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kalkara and Birgu.
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.
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.
Cospicua
Town
Photo: SpectreOfMalta, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Cospicua or Bormla is a double-fortified harbour city in the Port Region of Malta. 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.
St Joseph Parish Church
- Categories: parish church, building, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Il-Kalkara, Malta, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
35.88836° or 35° 53′ 18″ northLongitude
14.52878° or 14° 31′ 44″ eastInception
1952Open location code
8F7PVGQH+8GOpenStreetMap ID
way 136730151OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=churchOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=roman_catholicWikidata ID
Q15958496
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In Other Languages
From French to Maltese—“St Joseph Parish Church” goes by many names.
- French: “église Saint-Joseph de Kalkara”
- French: “Église Saint-Joseph de Kalkara”
- Indonesian: “Gereja Santo Yosef, Kalkara”
- Maltese: “Knisja Parrokkjali ta‘ San Ġuzepp”
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