Fort St. Angelo - Forti Sant' Anġlu by Linda DV (mostly unavailable)
Malta.Valletta.
View from Upper Barrakka gardens.
Fort Saint Angelo (Maltese: Forti Sant'Anġlu or Fortizza Sant'Anġlu) is a large bastioned fort in Birgu or Città Vittoriosa, Malta, located at the centre of the Grand Harbour. It was originally built in the medieval period as a castle called the Castrum Maris or the Castello al Mare. It was rebuilt by the Order of Saint John as a bastioned fort called Fort Saint Angelo between the 1530s and the 1690s, and it is best known for its role as the Order's headquarters during the Great Siege of Malta of 1565.
The fort was garrisoned by the British from 1800 to 1979, at times being classified as a stone frigate known as HMS Egmont or later HMS St Angelo. The fort suffered considerable damage during World War II, but it was later restored. In 1998, the upper part of the fort was handed back to the Sovereign Military Order of Malta. Fort St. Angelo has been on Malta's tentative list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites since 1998, as part of the Knights' Fortifications around the Harbours of Malta.
Fort St Angelo (Malti: Forti Sant’Anġlu) سیاحوں کی توجہ کا مرکز ہے ، Birgu ، Malta میں Forts میں سے ایک ہے ۔ یہ واقع ہے: 7 km from Haż-Żabbar, 7.5 km from Il-Fgura, 8.1 km from Sliema. Read further
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