Fort Saint Elmo
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Fort Saint Elmo is a star fort in Valletta, Malta. It stands on the seaward shore of the Sciberras Peninsula that divides Marsamxett Harbour from Grand Harbour, and commands the entrances to both harbours along with Fort Tigné and Fort Ricasoli. It is best known for its role in the Great Siege of Malta in 1565.
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Fort St Elmo
- National Inventory of the Cultural Property of the Maltese Islands page@
- Tripadvisor page@
- Starforts page@
Location: 35.9019, 14.5186, KML, Cluster Map, Maps,
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Capture of Malta ⓘ
invasion of Malta by the Roman Republic in 218 BC -
Siege of Melite ⓘ
battle during the Muslim conquest of Sicily (870 CE) -
Siege of Medina ⓘ
1053-1054 siege on Malta -
Norman invasion of Malta ⓘ
1091 invasion -
Battle of Malta ⓘ
1283 battle between Aragonese and Angevins, part of the War of the Sicilian Vespers. -
Siege of Malta ⓘ
1429 attempt by Hafsid Tunisia to take over the island of Malta -
Invasion of Gozo ⓘ
1551 amphibious Ottoman invasion of Gozo -
Siege of Malta ⓘ
Ottoman Empire's invasion of Malta in 1565 -
Conspiracy of the Slaves ⓘ
1749 Muslim slave revolt in Malta -
Rising of the Priests ⓘ
1775 revolt in Malta led by priests -
French invasion of Malta ⓘ
1798 invasion, part of the Mediterranean campaign -
Siege of Malta ⓘ
1798 military blockade of Malta by France -
Battle of the Malta Convoy ⓘ
part of the French Revolutionary Wars, the Siege of Malta (1798–1800) -
Froberg mutiny ⓘ
1807 mutiny in Malta -
Siege of Malta ⓘ
1942 military campaign in the Mediterranean Theatre of the Second World War -
Gaza Freedom Flotilla incident ⓘ
2025 drone attack on humanitarian vessel -
Buġibba Battery ⓘ
Artillery battery in Matla -
Grunenburg's sea-level battery - Senglea ⓘ
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Saluting Battery ⓘ
artillery battery in Valletta, Malta -
Fedeau Battery ⓘ
artillery battery of Malta -
Maħsel Battery ⓘ
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Riħama Battery ⓘ
artillery battery in Marsaskala, Malta -
Wied Musa Battery ⓘ
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Wilġa Battery ⓘ
former artillery battery in Malta -
Arrias Battery ⓘ
artillery battery in Xemxija, Malta -
Elminiech Battery ⓘ
artillery battery in Malta -
Ferretti Battery ⓘ
coastal battery and restaurant in Malta -
Għallis Battery ⓘ
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Pinto Battery ⓘ
artillery battery in Malta -
Qalet Marku Battery ⓘ
artillery battery in Malta -
Ramla Left Battery ⓘ
former military battery in Gozo, Malta -
Ramla Right Battery ⓘ
artillery battery in Malta -
St. Mary Battery ⓘ
Battery on Comino -
Vendôme Battery ⓘ
artillery battery in Malta -
Westreme Battery ⓘ
former artillery battery in Mellieħa, Malta
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Balbani Battery ⓘ
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Tombrell Battery ⓘ
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St Anthony's Battery ⓘ
artillery battery -
Lembi Battery ⓘ
artillery battery in Sliema, Malta -
Mistra Battery ⓘ
artillery battery in Mistra Bay, Mellieħa, Malta -
Corradino Batteries ⓘ
series of artillery batteries in Malta -
Għargħar Battery ⓘ
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Marsa Battery ⓘ
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Saint Peter's Battery ⓘ
former artillery battery in Malta -
San Rocco Battery ⓘ
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Tal-Borg Battery ⓘ
former artillery battery in Malta -
Tas-Samra Battery ⓘ
1798–1800 artillery battery in Ħamrun, Malta -
Żabbar Batteries and Redoubt ⓘ
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Żejtun Batteries ⓘ
artillery batteries in Malta -
Capuchin Convent Battery ⓘ
artillery battery in Kalkara, Malta -
Jesuit Hill Battery ⓘ
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Ta' Għemmuna Battery ⓘ
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Lascaris Battery ⓘ
artillery battery in Malta -
Sliema Point Battery ⓘ
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Cambridge Battery ⓘ
military base -
Rinella Battery ⓘ
victorian battery in Kalkara, Malta -
St Paul's Battery ⓘ
artillery battery in Marsaxlokk, Malta -
Żonqor Battery ⓘ
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Tarġa Battery ⓘ
battery in Malta -
Della Grazie Battery ⓘ
Maltese artillery battery built by the British -
Garden Battery ⓘ
1889 artillery battery in Malta -
Spinola Battery ⓘ
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Pembroke Battery ⓘ
former battery in Malta -
Wolseley Battery ⓘ
coastal battery in Malta -
Wardija Battery ⓘ
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WWII Paola Shelter ⓘ
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WWII Tarxien Shelter ⓘ
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Fort Mellieħa ⓘ
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Marsalforn Tower ⓘ
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Fort Saint Elmo ⓘ
fortification in Malta -
Fort Saint Michael ⓘ
Hospitaller fort in Senglea, Malta -
Fort Ricasoli ⓘ
fort in Malta -
Fort St Angelo ⓘ
fortification on Malta -
Saint George Redoubt ⓘ
redoubt in Birżebbuġa, Malta -
Baħar iċ-Ċagħaq Redoubt ⓘ
redoubt in Baħar iċ-Ċagħaq, limits of Naxxar, Malta -
Briconet Redoubt ⓘ
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Crivelli Redoubt ⓘ
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Del Fango Redoubt ⓘ
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Dellia Battery ⓘ
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Fresnoy Redoubt ⓘ
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Mellieħa Redoubt ⓘ
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Perellos Redoubt ⓘ
defunct defensive structure in Malta -
Qalet Marku Redoubt ⓘ
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Qortin Redoubt ⓘ
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Ramla Redoubt ⓘ
Remains of redoubt in Gozo, Malta -
Spinola Redoubt ⓘ
historic defensive fort in Malta -
Tal-Bir Redoubt ⓘ
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Vendôme Tower ⓘ
defensive structure in Malta -
Ximenes Redoubt ⓘ
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Saint Mary's Redoubt ⓘ
redoubt in Comino -
Fort Manoel ⓘ
Star fort in Gzira, Malta -
Fort San Salvatore ⓘ
retrenched fort in Birgu, Malta -
Fort Chambray ⓘ
former hospital in Malta -
Fort Tigné ⓘ
Polygonal fort in Tigne Point, Malta -
Windmill Redoubt ⓘ
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San Rocco Redoubt ⓘ
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Fort Verdala ⓘ
fort in Cospicua, Malta -
Fort Leonardo ⓘ
polygonal fort in Żabbar, Malta -
Fort St. Rocco ⓘ
fort in Kalkara, Malta -
Fort Binġemma ⓘ
military base in Malta -
Fort Pembroke ⓘ
polygonal fort in Malta -
Fort Delimara ⓘ
historical fort in Marsaxlokk, Malta 
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Fort Madalena ⓘ
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Fort Mosta ⓘ
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Fort Tas-Silġ ⓘ
polygonal fort in Marsaxlokk, Malta -
Fort Campbell ⓘ
former fort in Malta -
Palace Armoury ⓘ
museum in Malta -
National War Museum ⓘ
military museum in Valletta, Malta -
HMS Olympus ⓘ
1928 Odin-class submarine -
HMS Stubborn ⓘ
1942 S-class submarine -
ORP Kujawiak ⓘ
1940 Hunt-class destroyer -
HMS Russell ⓘ
1901 Duncan-class pre-dreadnought battleship -
HMS Maori ⓘ
1937 Tribal-class destroyer -
HMS Jersey ⓘ
1938 K and N-class destroyer -
HMS Southwold ⓘ
1941 Hunt-class destroyer -
P31 ⓘ
1969 Project 89 Kondor minesweeper scuttled for use as a recreational dive site off Malta
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Arrivee a Malte avec orage sur port La Valette
Schranz family at Fort St Elmo in Valletta 620 321 85
Siege of malta 2
Anton Schranz - Schranz family at Fort St Elmo in Valletta
Shipping in a rough sea off Malta RMG BHC1892
HMS Cruiser at Fort Saint Elmo, Grand Harbour, Malta
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Fort Saint Elmo, Valletta, Malta Island, MaltaFort Saint Elmo, Valletta, Malta Island, Malta- Fort St. Elmo - scientific article published in 1991
| Type | Subtype | Date | Description | Notes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| area | region | 1798 | Gozo | Wikidata | |
| area | region | 1964 | Malta | sovereign state, country | Wikidata |
| area | region | 1964 | State of Malta | Wikidata | |
| event | armed conflict | 217 | Capture of Malta | Roman Republic, invasion, Ancient Carthage | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 870 | Siege of Melite | siege | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1053 | Siege of Medina | siege | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1091 | Norman invasion of Malta | invasion, County of Sicily | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1283 | Battle of Malta | Kingdom of Naples, Crown of Aragon, Navy of the Crown of Aragon, naval battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1429 | Siege of Malta | siege, Kingdom of Sicily, Hafsid dynasty | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1551 | Invasion of Gozo | Ottoman Empire, Knights Hospitaller, invasion, slave raid | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1565 | Siege of Malta | Regency of Algiers, Ottoman Empire, Republic of Genoa, battle, Papal States, Knights Hospitaller, siege, Duchy of Savoy, Hispanic Monarchy, Duchy of Florence | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1749 | Conspiracy of the Slaves | slave rebellion | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1775 | Rising of the Priests | rebellion | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1798 | French invasion of Malta | French First Republic, Knights Hospitaller, invasion | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1798 | Siege of Malta | siege | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1800 | Battle of the Malta Convoy | France, Kingdom of Great Britain, naval battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1807 | Froberg mutiny | mutiny | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1940 | Siege of Malta | siege, military campaign | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 2025 | Gaza Freedom Flotilla incident | airstrike | Wikidata |
| link | page | National Inventory of the Cultural Property of the Maltese Islands page@ | Wikidata | ||
| link | page | Tripadvisor page@ | Wikidata | ||
| link | page | Starforts page@ | Wikidata | ||
| object | watercraft | RN Uarsciek | attack submarine | Wikidata | |
| object | watercraft | 1915 | HMS Nasturtium | Arabis-class minesweeper, minesweeper | Wikidata |
| object | watercraft | 1970 | P29 | Project 89 Kondor Minesweeper, minesweeper, patrol vessel | Wikidata |
| site | artillery battery | Buġibba Battery | artillery battery | Wikidata | |
| site | artillery battery | Grunenburg's sea-level battery - Senglea | artillery battery | Wikidata | |
| site | artillery battery | Saluting Battery | artillery battery | Wikidata | |
| site | artillery battery | 1714 | Fedeau Battery | artillery battery | Wikidata |
| site | artillery battery | 1714 | Maħsel Battery | artillery battery | Wikidata |
| site | artillery battery | 1714 | Riħama Battery | artillery battery | Wikidata |
| site | artillery battery | 1714 | Wied Musa Battery | artillery battery | Wikidata |
| site | artillery battery | 1714 | Wilġa Battery | artillery battery | Wikidata |
| site | artillery battery | 1715 | Arrias Battery | artillery battery | Wikidata |
| site | artillery battery | 1715 | Elminiech Battery | artillery battery | Wikidata |
| site | artillery battery | 1715 | Ferretti Battery | artillery battery | Wikidata |
| site | artillery battery | 1715 | Għallis Battery | artillery battery | Wikidata |
| site | artillery battery | 1715 | Pinto Battery | artillery battery | Wikidata |
| site | artillery battery | 1715 | Qalet Marku Battery | artillery battery | Wikidata |
| site | artillery battery | 1715 | Ramla Left Battery | artillery battery | Wikidata |
| site | artillery battery | 1715 | Ramla Right Battery | artillery battery | Wikidata |
| site | artillery battery | 1715 | St. Mary Battery | artillery battery | Wikidata |
| site | artillery battery | 1715 | Vendôme Battery | artillery battery | Wikidata |
| site | artillery battery | 1715 | Westreme Battery | artillery battery, museum | Wikidata |
| site | artillery battery | 1721 | Balbani Battery | artillery battery | Wikidata |
| site | artillery battery | 1722 | Tombrell Battery | artillery battery | Wikidata |
| site | artillery battery | 1732 | St Anthony's Battery | artillery battery, Din l-Art Ħelwa | Wikidata |
| site | artillery battery | 1757 | Lembi Battery | artillery battery | Wikidata |
| site | artillery battery | 1761 | Mistra Battery | artillery battery | Wikidata |
| site | artillery battery | 1798 | Corradino Batteries | artillery battery | Wikidata |
| site | artillery battery | 1798 | Għargħar Battery | artillery battery | Wikidata |
| site | artillery battery | 1798 | Marsa Battery | artillery battery | Wikidata |
| site | artillery battery | 1798 | Saint Peter's Battery | artillery battery, destroyed building or structure | Wikidata |
| site | artillery battery | 1798 | San Rocco Battery | artillery battery | Wikidata |
| site | artillery battery | 1798 | Tal-Borg Battery | artillery battery | Wikidata |
| site | artillery battery | 1798 | Tas-Samra Battery | artillery battery | Wikidata |
| site | artillery battery | 1798 | Żabbar Batteries and Redoubt | artillery battery | Wikidata |
| site | artillery battery | 1798 | Żejtun Batteries | artillery battery | Wikidata |
| site | artillery battery | 1799 | Capuchin Convent Battery | artillery battery | Wikidata |
| site | artillery battery | 1799 | Jesuit Hill Battery | artillery battery | Wikidata |
| site | artillery battery | 1799 | Ta' Għemmuna Battery | artillery battery | Wikidata |
| site | artillery battery | 1854 | Lascaris Battery | artillery battery | Wikidata |
| site | artillery battery | 1872 | Sliema Point Battery | artillery battery | Wikidata |
| site | artillery battery | 1878 | Cambridge Battery | artillery battery | Wikidata |
| site | artillery battery | 1878 | Rinella Battery | artillery battery, open-air museum | Wikidata |
| site | artillery battery | 1881 | St Paul's Battery | artillery battery | Wikidata |
| site | artillery battery | 1882 | Żonqor Battery | artillery battery | Wikidata |
| site | artillery battery | 1887 | Tarġa Battery | artillery battery, Mosta | Wikidata |
| site | artillery battery | 1888 | Della Grazie Battery | artillery battery | Wikidata |
| site | artillery battery | 1889 | Garden Battery | artillery battery | Wikidata |
| site | artillery battery | 1889 | Spinola Battery | artillery battery, former hospital | Wikidata |
| site | artillery battery | 1897 | Pembroke Battery | artillery battery | Wikidata |
| site | artillery battery | 1897 | Wolseley Battery | artillery battery | Wikidata |
| site | artillery battery | 1915 | Wardija Battery | artillery battery | Wikidata |
| site | bunker | WWII Paola Shelter | air-raid shelter | Wikidata | |
| site | bunker | WWII Tarxien Shelter | air-raid shelter | Wikidata | |
| site | fort | Fort Mellieħa | fort | Wikidata | |
| site | fort | Marsalforn Tower | tour-reduit | Wikidata | |
| site | fort | 1552 | Fort Saint Elmo | star fort, Heritage Malta | Wikidata |
| site | fort | 1552 | Fort Saint Michael | fort, cavalier | Wikidata |
| site | fort | 1670 | Fort Ricasoli | former hospital, fort, hospital | Wikidata |
| site | fort | 1691 | Fort St Angelo | fort | Wikidata |
| site | fort | 1714 | Saint George Redoubt | redoubt | Wikidata |
| site | fort | 1715 | Baħar iċ-Ċagħaq Redoubt | redoubt | Wikidata |
| site | fort | 1715 | Briconet Redoubt | redoubt | Wikidata |
| site | fort | 1715 | Crivelli Redoubt | redoubt | Wikidata |
| site | fort | 1715 | Del Fango Redoubt | redoubt | Wikidata |
| site | fort | 1715 | Dellia Battery | redoubt | Wikidata |
| site | fort | 1715 | Fresnoy Redoubt | tour-reduit | Wikidata |
| site | fort | 1715 | Mellieħa Redoubt | redoubt | Wikidata |
| site | fort | 1715 | Perellos Redoubt | redoubt | Wikidata |
| site | fort | 1715 | Qalet Marku Redoubt | redoubt | Wikidata |
| site | fort | 1715 | Qortin Redoubt | redoubt | Wikidata |
| site | fort | 1715 | Ramla Redoubt | redoubt | Wikidata |
| site | fort | 1715 | Spinola Redoubt | tour-reduit | Wikidata |
| site | fort | 1715 | Tal-Bir Redoubt | redoubt | Wikidata |
| site | fort | 1715 | Vendôme Tower | tour-reduit, Marsaxlokk F.C. | Wikidata |
| site | fort | 1715 | Ximenes Redoubt | redoubt | Wikidata |
| site | fort | 1716 | Saint Mary's Redoubt | redoubt | Wikidata |
| site | fort | 1723 | Fort Manoel | star fort | Wikidata |
| site | fort | 1724 | Fort San Salvatore | fort | Wikidata |
| site | fort | 1749 | Fort Chambray | former hospital, fort, hospital | Wikidata |
| site | fort | 1793 | Fort Tigné | fort | Wikidata |
| site | fort | 1798 | Windmill Redoubt | redoubt | Wikidata |
| site | fort | 1799 | San Rocco Redoubt | destroyed building or structure, redoubt | Wikidata |
| site | fort | 1852 | Fort Verdala | fort | Wikidata |
| site | fort | 1872 | Fort Leonardo | fort | Wikidata |
| site | fort | 1872 | Fort St. Rocco | fort | Wikidata |
| site | fort | 1875 | Fort Binġemma | fort | Wikidata |
| site | fort | 1875 | Fort Pembroke | fort | Wikidata |
| site | fort | 1876 | Fort Delimara | Heritage Malta, fort | Wikidata |
| site | fort | 1878 | Fort Madalena | fort, Armed Forces of Malta | Wikidata |
| site | fort | 1878 | Fort Mosta | fort, Armed Forces of Malta | Wikidata |
| site | fort | 1879 | Fort Tas-Silġ | fort | Wikidata |
| site | fort | 1937 | Fort Campbell | fort | Wikidata |
| site | museum | 1604 | Palace Armoury | Heritage Malta, military museum, tourist attraction, arsenal, museum | Wikidata |
| site | museum | 1975 | National War Museum | national museum, Heritage Malta, military museum, tourist attraction, museum | Wikidata |
| site | shipwreck | HMS Olympus | sunken vessel, submarine, Odin-class submarine | Wikidata | |
| site | shipwreck | HMS Stubborn | sunken vessel, submarine, S-class submarine | Wikidata | |
| site | shipwreck | ORP Kujawiak | shipwreck, Hunt-class destroyer, destroyer | Wikidata | |
| site | shipwreck | 1901 | HMS Russell | Duncan-class pre-dreadnought battleship, pre-dreadnought battleship, shipwreck | Wikidata |
| site | shipwreck | 1938 | HMS Maori | Tribal-class destroyer, shipwreck, destroyer | Wikidata |
| site | shipwreck | 1939 | HMS Jersey | J-class destroyer, J, K and N-class destroyer, shipwreck, destroyer | Wikidata |
| site | shipwreck | 1941 | HMS Southwold | shipwreck, destroyer, Hunt-class destroyer | Wikidata |
| site | shipwreck | 1969 | P31 | recreational dive site, patrol vessel, shipwreck, minesweeper, Project 89 Kondor Minesweeper | Wikidata |
| commons | image | Arrivee a Malte avec orage sur port La Valette | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Schranz family at Fort St Elmo in Valletta 620 321 85 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Siege of malta 2 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Anton Schranz - Schranz family at Fort St Elmo in Valletta | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Shipping in a rough sea off Malta RMG BHC1892 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | HMS Cruiser at Fort Saint Elmo, Grand Harbour, Malta | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Fort Saint Elmo, Valletta, Malta Island, Malta | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Fort Saint Elmo, Valletta, Malta Island, Malta | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Fort Saint Elmo, Valletta, Malta Island, Malta | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Fort Saint Elmo, Valletta, Malta Island, Malta | Commons | ||
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