Ta‘ Braxia Jewish Cemetery

Ta‘ Braxia Jewish Cemetery is a cemetery in Il-Ħamrun, Malta. Ta‘ Braxia Jewish Cemetery is situated nearby to the government office National Commission for the Promotion of Equality, as well as near the church Youth Fellowship.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Ta’ Braxia Cemetery and Portes des Bombes.

Ta’ Braxia Cemetery

Cemetery

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Ta' Braxia Cemetery is a cemetery in Ħamrun, located near the boundary between Il-Ħamrun, Il-Furjana, and Gwardamanġa, Malta. It was built between 1855 and 1857 as a multi-denomination burial ground primarily intended for British servicemen, partially replacing a number of earlier 18th century cemeteries. Ta’ Braxia Cemetery is situated 100 metres northwest of Ta‘ Braxia Jewish Cemetery.

Portes des Bombes

City gate

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Portes des Bombes, originally called Porta dei Cannoni, is an ornamental arched gate in Floriana, Malta. 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. Portes des Bombes is situated 320 metres east of Ta‘ Braxia Jewish Cemetery.

Our Lady of Sorrows

Church

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The Church of Our Lady of Sorrows is a Roman Catholic church in Pietà, Malta. 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. Our Lady of Sorrows is situated 240 metres northwest of Ta‘ Braxia Jewish Cemetery.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Blata l-Bajda and Pietà.

Blata l-Bajda

Locality

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Hamrun is a town in the Southern Region of Malta, with a population of 10,514 as of November 2021.

Pietà

Village

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Pietà is a small harbour town in the Eastern Region of Malta, located near the outskirts of the capital city Valletta.

Floriana

Town

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

Ta‘ Braxia Jewish Cemetery

Type: Cemetery
Also known as: “Ċimiterju tal-Lhud Ta‘ Braxia” and “Ta‘ Braxia”
Category: burial
Location: Il-Ħamrun, Malta, Europe
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Latitude

35.88951° or 35° 53′ 22″ north

Longitude

14.49881° or 14° 29′ 56″ east

Inception

1831—1880

Open location code

8F7PVFQX+RG

OpenStreetMap ID

way 987154532

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=cemetery

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