Villa Guardamangia

Villa Guardamangia, formerly known as Casa Medina and sometimes referred to as Casa Guardamangia, is a 16,791-square-foot townhouse in , Pietà, , which served as the residence of Princess Elizabeth, Duchess of Edinburgh, and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, between 1949 and 1951, while Philip was stationed in Malta as a serving Royal Navy officer.
Wikipedia
Photo: Continentaleurope, CC BY-SA 3.0.
  • Type: House
  • Description: villa in Pietà, Malta
  • Also known as: “Villa Guardiamangia”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Our Lady of Sorrows and Pietà Military Cemetery.

Church
Photo: Continentaleurope, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Church of is a Roman Catholic church in , . It was established in the late 16th or early 17th century near a cemetery in which victims of the 1592–1593 Malta plague epidemic were buried. is situated 210 metres southeast of Villa Guardamangia.

Cemetery
Photo: Continentaleurope, CC BY-SA 4.0.
in , , is a burial ground for military personnel and their dependants. It is located in the south western suburbs of , on a minor road. is situated 240 metres south of Villa Guardamangia.

City gate
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
, originally called Porta dei Cannoni, is an ornamental arched in , . It was built in 1721 as an advanced gate within the faussebraye of the Floriana Lines, and it was enlarged with the construction of a second archway in 1868. is situated 670 metres east of Villa Guardamangia.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Blata l-Bajda and Msida.

Locality
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Hamrun is a town in the of , with a population of 9,244 as of March 2014.

Town
Photo: Berthold Werner, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a harbour and university town in the Eastern Region of with a population of 7,623.

Town
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ta' Xbiex is a locality and Local Council in the Eastern Region of with a population of 2,148. It is part of a small headland within the , right between the villages of and .

Villa Guardamangia

Latitude
35.89223° or 35° 53′ 32″ north
Longitude
14.49502° or 14° 29′ 42″ east
Height
2 metres (6.6 feet)
Open location code
8F7PVFRW+V2
Open­Street­Map ID
way 933176154
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­house
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­house
Wiki­data ID
Q20949752
This page is based on OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons, and Wikipedia.
We’d love your help improving our open data sources. Thank you for contributing.

Satellite Map

Discover Villa Guardamangia from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
© Stadia Maps, Airbus DS, CNES, PlanetObserver, and Copernicus

In Other Languages

From Georgian to Uzbek—“Villa Guardamangia” goes by many names.
  • Georgian: “ვილა გუარდამანჟა”
  • Italian: “Casa Medina”
  • Macedonian: “Вила Гвардамангија”
  • Maltese: “Villa Gwardamanġa”
  • Polish: “Villa Guardamangia”
  • Russian: “Вилла Гуардаманджа”
  • Spanish: “Villa Guardamangia”
  • Ukrainian: “Вілла Гуардамангія”
  • Uzbek: “Villa Guardamangia”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include SAC Main Ground and SAC 5/side and Multipurpose Hall.

Nearby Places

Explore places such as SAC Tagaste Building and SAC Leceto.

Malta: Must-Visit Destinations

Delve into Valletta, Mdina, Sliema, and Victoria.

Curious Houses to Discover

Uncover intriguing houses from every corner of the globe.