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Our Lady of Victory Church

The Our Lady of Victory Church, formerly known as the Saint Anthony the Abbot Church, was the first church and building completed in , Malta. In 1566, following the Great Siege of Malta, Grand Master Jean Parisot de Valette and his Order showed interest to build a church in the name of the Nativity of the Virgin as a form of thanksgiving; the construction was funded by de Valette.
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  • Type: Church
  • Denomination: Roman Catholic
  • Description: church in Valletta, Malta
  • Also known as: “Church of Our Lady of Victory”
  • Wheelchair access: no

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Royal Opera House and Parliament Building.

Square
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The , also known as the Royal Theatre, was an opera house and performing arts venue in , . It was designed by the English architect Edward Middleton Barry and was erected in 1866.

Government building
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The Parliament House is the meeting place of the Parliament of Malta located in . The building was constructed between 2011 and 2015 to designs by Renzo Piano as part of the City Gate Project, which also included building a new City Gate and converting the ruins of the into an open-air theatre.

Museum
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is a 16th-century cavalier in , , which was built by the Order of St John. It overlooks St James' Bastion, a large obtuse-angled bastion forming part of the Valletta Land Front.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Floriana Granaries and Floriana.

Locality
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is a locality.

Town
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, also known by its title Borgo Vilhena, is a fortified town in the Port Region area of , just outside the capital city . It has a population of 2,205 as of March 2014.

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.

Our Lady of Victory Church

Latitude
35.89601° or 35° 53′ 46″ north
Longitude
14.51067° or 14° 30′ 38″ east
Open location code
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Open­Street­Map ID
way 33504690
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Wiki­data ID
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Ukrainian—“Our Lady of Victory Church” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Kisha e Zojës së Fitores (Valeta)”
  • Albanian: “Kisha e Zojës së Fitores”
  • Arabic: “كنيسة سيدة النصر”
  • Belarusian: “Храм Маці Божай Пераможніцы”
  • Chinese: “瓦莱塔胜利圣母教堂”
  • Croatian: “Crkva Gospe od Pobjede u Valletti”
  • Czech: “Kostel Panny Marie Vítězné”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كنيسه سيده النصر”
  • French: “Église Notre-Dame-de-la-Victoire de La Valette”
  • French: “église Notre-Dame-de-la-Victoire”
  • French: “Église Notre-Dame-des-Victoires de La Valette”
  • German: “Maria-vom-Siege-Kirche”
  • German: “Our Lady of Victory Church”
  • German: “Unsere Liebe Frau des Sieges”
  • Greek: “Παναγία της Νίκης (Βαλέτα)”
  • Greek: “Παναγία της Νίκης”
  • Hebrew: “כנסיית גבירתנו של הניצחון”
  • Italian: “chiesa della Madonna della Vittoria”
  • Italian: “Chiesa della Madonna della Vittoria”
  • Italian: “Nostra Signora della Vittoria”
  • Japanese: “勝利の聖母教会”
  • Maltese: “Knisja ta’ Sant’Antnin il-Kbir”
  • Maltese: “Knisja tal-Madonna tal-Vitorja”
  • Maltese: “Knisja tal-Vitorja”
  • Maltese: “Knisja tal-Vittorja”
  • Polish: “Kościół Matki Bożej Zwycięskiej w Valletcie”
  • Portuguese: “Igreja de Nossa Senhora das Vitórias”
  • Russian: “Церковь Богоматери Победительницы (Валлетта)”
  • Russian: “Церковь Богоматери Победительницы”
  • Slovak: “Kostol Panny Márie Víťaznej (Valletta)”
  • Slovak: “Kostol Panny Márie Víťaznej”
  • Slovenian: “Cerkev Gospe zmage, Valletta”
  • Spanish: “Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de la Victoria (La Valeta)”
  • Spanish: “Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de la Victoria”
  • Spanish: “Nuestra Señora de la Victoria”
  • Turkish: “Our Lady of Victory Kilisesi (Valletta)”
  • Turkish: “Our Lady of Victory Kilisesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Церква Діви Марії Звитяжної”

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