Kalkara Naval Cemetery
The Kalkara Naval Cemetery is a cemetery in Kalkara in the South Eastern Region of Malta. The main entrance to the cemetery is at the junction of Triq Santu Rokku and Triq San Leonardu.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Cemetery
- Description: cemetery in Malta
- Also known as: “Capuccini Naval Cemetery”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Red House and Saint Peter’s Battery.
Red House
Historic building
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Red House is a historic building, which is situated 350 metres north of Kalkara Naval Cemetery.
Saint Peter’s Battery
Saint Peter's Battery was an artillery battery in Kalkara, Malta, built by Maltese insurgents during the French blockade of 1798–1800. It was part of a chain of batteries, redoubts and entrenchments encircling the French positions in Marsamxett and the Grand Harbour. Saint Peter’s Battery is situated 420 metres east of Kalkara Naval Cemetery.Fort Saint Rocco
Fort
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Fort Saint Rocco, also known as Fort Saint Roca on some maps, is a polygonal fort in Kalkara, Malta. It is located east of Rinella Battery and seaward of the village of Santu Rokku, and forms part of the complex of shore batteries built by the British to defend the coast east of the mouth of Grand Harbour between the 1870s and 1900s. Fort Saint Rocco is situated 620 metres north of Kalkara Naval Cemetery.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kalkara and Xgħajra.
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.
Xgħajra
Village
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Xgħajra is a small village in the Port Region of Malta. It is located on the coast, about halfway between Valletta and Marsaskala. Its local football club is known as the Xgħajra Tornadoes F.C.
Birgu
Town
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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 Naval Cemetery
- Category: burial
- Location: Il-Kalkara, Malta, Europe
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Latitude
35.88708° or 35° 53′ 14″ northLongitude
14.53657° or 14° 32′ 12″ eastInception
1917Open location code
8F7PVGPP+RJOpenStreetMap ID
way 191444559OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=cemeteryWikidata ID
Q38604355
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In Other Languages
From Estonian to Polish—“Kalkara Naval Cemetery” goes by many names.
- Estonian: “Kalkara mereväekalmistu”
- Japanese: “カルカラ海軍墓地”
- Polish: “Cmentarz Royal Navy w Kalkarze”
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Highlights include Holma and St. Peter’s Battery.
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