Torre dello Standardo
The Torre dello Standardo is a tower in Mdina, Malta, forming part of the city's fortifications. It was built by the Order of St. John between 1725 and 1726, on the site of an earlier tower, and its purpose was to communicate signals between Mdina and the rest of Malta.Photo: Continentaleurope, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include National Museum of Natural History and Mdina Gate.
National Museum of Natural History
Museum
Photo: Tony Hisgett, CC BY 2.0.
The National Museum of Natural History is a natural history museum in the mediaeval walled city of Mdina, Malta. It is housed in Palazzo Vilhena, a French Baroque palace rebuilt in 1726 by Grand Master Antonio Manoel de Vilhena to designs of Charles François de Mondion.
Mdina Gate
Photo: Berthold Werner, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Mdina Gate, also known as the Main Gate or the Vilhena Gate, is the main gate into the fortified city of Mdina, Malta. It was built in the Baroque style in 1724 to designs of Charles François de Mondion, during the magistracy of Grand Master António Manoel de Vilhena.
St. Paul’s Cathedral
Church
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Metropolitan Cathedral of Saint Paul, commonly known as St Paul's Cathedral or the Mdina Cathedral, is a Catholic cathedral in Mdina, Malta, dedicated to St. St. Paul’s Cathedral is situated 170 metres north of Torre dello Standardo.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mdina and Imtarfa.
Mdina
Photo: Berthold Werner, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Mdina is a small city in Malta 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.
Imtarfa
Village
Photo: Sudika, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Mtarfa is a small town in the Northern Region of Malta, with a population of 2,572 as of March 2014. It was considered to be a suburb of Rabat until 2000, when it became a separate local council.
Ta’ Qali
Hamlet
Photo: Sudika, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ta' Qali is a wide open space in the limits of Attard and Mosta in central and northern Malta respectively, which contains the national football stadium, the Malta Fairs & Conventions Centre, Ta' Qali National Park, a crafts village, and a national vegetable market which is locally known as the Pitkalija.
Torre dello Standardo
- Type: Building
- Description: tower in Malta
- Category: tower
- Location: Rabat, Malta Island, Malta, Europe
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Latitude
35.88499° or 35° 53′ 6″ northLongitude
14.4034° or 14° 24′ 12″ eastLevels
4Open location code
8F7PVCM3+X9OpenStreetMap ID
way 406046385OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesWikidata ID
Q21677939
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In Other Languages
From Hungarian to Polish—“Torre dello Standardo” goes by many names.
- Hungarian: “Torre dello Standardo”
- Italian: “Torre dello Standardo”
- Polish: “Torre dello Standardo”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Tourist Information Office and Pjazza San Publju.
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