Birgu is also known by its title Città Vittoriosa (“Victorious City“).
[Birgu] is an old fortified city on the south side of the Grand Harbour in the South Eastern 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. Birgu is ideally situated for safe anchorage, and over [...]
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Birgu
14 Comments CherryPie on Jan 3rd 2024
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The Inquisitor’s Palace
The Inquisitors Palace is situated in Vittoriosa, Malta. The building initially housed the Magna Curia Castellania Melitensis, a civil tribunal established by Grand Master Juan de Homedes y Coscon in 1543. Currently, it is also home to a historic house museum and the national ethnography museum.
Built in around the 1530s, what today is known as [...]
6 Comments CherryPie on Dec 22nd 2023
