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Verdala Palace

Verdala Palace is a palace in the , limits of , . It was built in 1586 during the reign of Hugues Loubenx de Verdalle, and now serves as the official summer residence of the President of Malta.
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Photo: Tomsen II, CC BY 3.0.
  • Type: Castle
  • Description: building in Buskett Gardens (Malta)
  • Also known as: “Il-Palazz Verdala”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Misraħ Għar il-Kbir and Tal-Virtù Chapel.

Photo: Lysy, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Misrah Ghar il-Kbir is a prehistoric site in , in the south of the , near the Dingli Cliffs. It is best known for its "cart ruts", a complex network of tracks carved in the rock. is situated 1 km south of Verdala Palace.

Church
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Tal- Virtu Church known formally as the Church of the Assumption of Mary of tal-Virtù, is a Roman Catholic Round church located in the outskirts of the town of , in , on top of the hill known as Tal-Virtù, receiving its name from the church. is situated 1½ km north of Verdala Palace.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Dingli and Rabat.

Village
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is a village in the Western Region of , with a population of 3,865 as of 2021. It is 13 kilometres from the capital and two kilometers from the nearest town, .

Photo: Berthold Werner, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a town in the Western Region of , with a population of 11,497 as of March 2014. It adjoins the ancient capital city of , and a north-western part of was in the Roman city of Melite until its medieval retrenchment.

Photo: Berthold Werner, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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.

Verdala Palace

Latitude
35.8615° or 35° 51′ 41″ north
Longitude
14.40063° or 14° 24′ 2″ east
Open location code
8F7PVC62+J7
Open­Street­Map ID
way 24062834
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­castle
Wiki­data ID
Q991665
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Uzbek—“Verdala Palace” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “維達拉宮”
  • Croatian: “Palača Verdala”
  • Czech: “Palác Verdala”
  • Dutch: “Verdala Palace”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “قصر فيردالا”
  • French: “palais Verdala”
  • French: “Palais Verdala”
  • German: “Verdala Palace”
  • Hebrew: “ארמון ורדאלה”
  • Italian: “Palazzo Verdala”
  • Macedonian: “Палата Вердала”
  • Maltese: “Palazz Verdala”
  • Polish: “Pałac Verdala”
  • Russian: “Вердала”
  • Spanish: “Palacio Verdala”
  • Ukrainian: “Замок Вердала”
  • Uzbek: “Verdala saroyi”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Buskett Gardens and Cart Ruts.

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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 “Verdala Palace”. Photo: Tomsen II, CC BY 3.0.