Monastery of St. Scholastica
The Monastery of St. Scholastica is a monastery in Birgu, Malta. The monastery is dedicated to St Scholastica, but the church is dedicated to St Anne. The church was built in 1679 by Lorenzo Gafà.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Monastery
- Description: church building in Birgu, Malta
- Also known as: “Monastery of Saint Scholastica”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Maritime Museum and Inquisitor’s Palace.
Maritime Museum
Museum
The Malta Maritime Museum is a maritime museum in Birgu, Malta. It is housed in the former Royal Naval Bakery, which was built in the 1840s as the main bakery for the Mediterranean Fleet. Maritime Museum is situated 200 metres southwest of Monastery of St. Scholastica.
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 200 metres south of Monastery of St. Scholastica.
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 490 metres northwest of Monastery of St. Scholastica.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Birgu and Senglea.
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.
Senglea
Town
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Senglea, also known by its title Città Invicta, is a fortified city in the Port Region of Malta. It is one of the Three Cities in the Grand Harbour area, the other two being Cospicua and Vittoriosa, and has a population of approximately 2,720 people.
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.
Monastery of St. Scholastica
- Categories: church, former hospital, and religion
- Location: Il-Birgu, Malta, Europe
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Latitude
35.88901° or 35° 53′ 20″ northLongitude
14.52237° or 14° 31′ 21″ eastOpen location code
8F7PVGQC+JWOpenStreetMap ID
way 397967719OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=monasteryWikidata ID
Q20949659
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In Other Languages
“Monastery of St. Scholastica” goes by many names.
- Polish: “Klasztor św. Scholastyki w Birgu”
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Highlights include Church of St. Anne and Post is-Sagra Infermerija.
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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 “Monastery of St. Scholastica”. Photo: Berthold Werner, CC BY-SA 3.0.