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Birgu

The knights' first home and the heart of the Great Siege.

4 musea
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📷 Marie-Lan Nguyen · CC BY 2.5 · Wikimedia Commons

Before Valletta existed, the knights lived in Birgu, a small fortified town on a tongue of land in the Grand Harbour.

Musea in Birgu

Kijk binnen en betaal je entree rechtstreeks aan het museum.

Het verhaal van Birgu

Birgu was the knights' first capital, and in 1565 it was the place that held. Fort St Angelo, at its tip, was the command post of the Great Siege; after the victory the town was renamed Città Vittoriosa, the victorious city. Walk the narrow lanes of the Collacchio, where only knights could live, visit the Inquisitor's Palace with its courtroom and cells, and go underground at the Malta at War Museum, in a shelter cut by hand during the bombing of 1940 to 1943. On Good Friday, Birgu's procession is one of the oldest on the island; in autumn, Birgufest switches off the street lights and lights the whole town with candles.

  • 1530the Knights of St John make Birgu their first seat
  • 1565Fort St Angelo resists the Ottoman siege
  • 3Cities with Senglea and Cospicua, across the harbour from Valletta

Birgu door de tijd

De grote momenten, en waar je ze vandaag ziet.

  1. 1565The Grand Master commands the defence from Fort St Angelo.Zie het: Fort St Angelo
  2. 1574 to 1798The Inquisition holds court in the palace in Birgu.Zie het: Inquisitor's Palace
  3. 1940 to 1943Families shelter in tunnels under the town during the air raids.Zie het: Malta at War Museum →

Wat te doen in Birgu

  1. 01

    Fort St Angelo

    The great fort at the tip of Birgu, with views over the whole harbour.

    Birgu1 to 2 hours
  2. 02

    Inquisitor's Palace

    The rooms and prison cells of the Roman Inquisition in Malta.

    Birgu1 hour
  3. 03

    Malta at War Museum →

    A wartime shelter and the story of the siege of 1940 to 1943.

    Birgu1 hour
  4. 04

    Malta Maritime Museum

    Ships and the sea in the old naval bakery on the waterfront.

    Birgu1 hour
Zo kom je er

Op weg naar Birgu

Van het vliegveld naar het centrum met het openbaar vervoer, en daarna de treinen en lokale lijnen naar de musea.

Aankomen met het vliegtuig

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Malta InternationalValletta · Birgu · Mdina · Rabat

Reizen door Birgu

Lijnen en dienstregelingen veranderen. Kijk voor vertrek op de site van de vervoerder.

Op de kaart

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Verborgen verhaal

A town lit by candles

One night in autumn, Birgu turns off every street light.

Lees het verhaalSluiten

During Birgufest, the town switches off its electric lights and thousands of candles are placed in windows, on steps and along the walls. The old lanes look as they did centuries ago, and the museums stay open late. Locals say it is the most beautiful night of the year in the Three Cities.