Birgu

E398959

city fortified city local council

Birgu is a historic fortified city in Malta, renowned for its strategic harbor position and pivotal role in the island’s military and maritime history.

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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
Birgu canonical	3

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	city ⓘ fortified city ⓘ local council ⓘ
adjacentTo	Cospicua ⓘ Senglea ⓘ
alternativeName	Città Vittoriosa ⓘ Il-Birgu ⓘ Vittoriosa ⓘ
capitalOfFrom	1530 ⓘ
capitalOfUntil	1571 ⓘ
country	Malta ⓘ
fortificationsInclude	Birgu land front ⓘ St. John's Bastion ⓘ surface form: St. James Bastion St. John's Bastion ⓘ St. Margherita Lines (nearby system) ⓘ
governingBody	Birgu Local Council ⓘ
hasFeature	harbour-side promenade ⓘ narrow medieval streets ⓘ traditional Maltese townhouses ⓘ
hasLandmark	Auberge d'Allemagne (Birgu) ⓘ Auberge d'Angleterre (Birgu) ⓘ Auberge d'Aragon (Birgu) ⓘ Auberge d'Italie (Birgu) ⓘ Auberge de Castille et Portugal (Birgu) ⓘ surface form: Auberge de Castille (Birgu) Auberge de Castille et Portugal (Birgu) ⓘ Auberge de France (Birgu) ⓘ Auberge de Provence (Birgu) ⓘ Birgu waterfront ⓘ Collegiate Church of St Lawrence ⓘ Fort St. Angelo ⓘ Inquisitor's Palace ⓘ National War Museum (Malta) ⓘ surface form: Malta at War Museum Maritime Museum of Malta ⓘ
hasMayor	John Boxall ⓘ
hasRole	historic maritime center ⓘ military stronghold ⓘ
historicalEvent	Great Siege of Malta ⓘ
hostsEvent	Birgufest ⓘ
languageUsed	English ⓘ Maltese ⓘ
locatedIn	Southern Harbour District ⓘ
locatedOn	Grand Harbour ⓘ Malta ⓘ surface form: island of Malta
nativeNameLanguage	Maltese ⓘ
partOf	Cottonera ⓘ
populationAsOf	2021 ⓘ
postalCodePrefix	BRG ⓘ
timeZone	Central European Time ⓘ
timeZoneDST	Central European Summer Time ⓘ
wasCapitalOf	Malta ⓘ Order of Saint John ⓘ surface form: Order of St John in Malta

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Great Siege of Malta → siegeOf → Birgu ⓘ

Jean Parisot de Valette → residence → Birgu ⓘ

Fort St. Angelo → locatedIn → Birgu ⓘ