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Royal Opera House

The Royal Opera House, 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.
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  • Type: Square
  • Description: former opera house in Valletta, Malta
  • Also known as: “It-Teatru l-Imwaqqa” and “Royal Opera House, Valletta”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Parliament Building and Our Lady of Victory Church.

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 Royal Opera House into an open-air theatre.

Church
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The , 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.

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.

Royal Opera House

Latitude
35.89647° or 35° 53′ 47″ north
Longitude
14.51033° or 14° 30′ 37″ east
Open location code
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Open­Street­Map ID
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Wiki­data ID
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Ukrainian—“Royal Opera House” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Shtëpia e Operës Mbretërore, Valeta”
  • Arabic: “دار الأوبرا الملكية”
  • Armenian: “Վալետայի օպերայի թագավորական թատրոն”
  • Azerbaijani: “Kral Opera Teatrı (Valletta)”
  • Azerbaijani: “Kral Opera Teatrı”
  • Bashkir: “Король опера театры (Валлетта)”
  • Bashkir: “Король опера театры”
  • Chinese: “瓦萊塔皇家歌劇院”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “رويال اوپيرا هوس”
  • Estonian: “Valletta Kuninglik Ooperimaja”
  • Georgian: “სამეფო ოპერის თეატრი, ვალეტა”
  • German: “Opern Haus”
  • German: “Pjazza Teatru Rjal”
  • German: “Royal Opera House”
  • Greek: “Βασιλική Όπερα της Βαλέτας”
  • Hebrew: “בית האופרה המלכותי”
  • Italian: “Royal Opera House (La Valletta)”
  • Italian: “Teatro Reale”
  • Japanese: “ロイヤル・オペラ・ハウス (マルタ)”
  • Korean: “로열 오페라 하우스, 발레타”
  • Maltese: “Pjazza Teatru Rjal”
  • Maltese: “Teatru Rjal”
  • Persian: “خانه اوپرا سلطنتی والتا”
  • Polish: “Opera Królewska w Valletcie”
  • Polish: “Opera Królewska”
  • Russian: “Королевский оперный театр (Валлетта)”
  • Russian: “Королевский оперный театр”
  • Spanish: “Opera real de La Valeta”
  • Spanish: “Ópera real de La Valeta”
  • Spanish: “Ópera Real de La Valeta”
  • Spanish: “Plaza Teatro Real”
  • Turkish: “Kraliyet Opera Binası, Valetta”
  • Ukrainian: “Королівська опера (Валетта)”
  • Ukrainian: “Королівська опера”

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