Cospicua
Cospicua (Italian) or Bormla is a double-fortified harbour city in the Port Region of Malta.
Cospicua (Italian) or Bormla is a double-fortified harbour city in the Port Region of Malta. It served as the principal port of Phoenician Malta and, through Greek, Latin, and Arabic, may have given its name to the island and country. Along with Birgu and Senglea, it is one of the Three Cities located within the Grand Harbour to the east of the capital city Valletta. With a population of 5,395 as of March 2014, it is the most dense city of the Three Cities. Locals are known for their Cottonera dialect.
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Worth seeing in and around Cospicua
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01St. John's Co-Cathedral
St John's Co-Cathedral is a Catholic co-cathedral in Valletta, Malta, dedicated to Saint John the Baptist. It was built by the Order of St.
1.9 km · cathedral in Valletta, Malta · Wikipedia - 02National Library of Malta
The National Library of Malta, often known as the Bibliotheca, is a reference library in Republic Square, Valletta, Malta. It was founded by Grand Master Emmanuel de Rohan-Polduc in 1776 out of the collections of the knight Louis Guérin de Tencin.
1.9 km · national library · Wikipedia - 03Grandmaster's Palace
The Grandmaster's Palace, officially known as The Palace, is a palace in Valletta, Malta. It was built between the 16th and 18th centuries as the palace of the Grand Master of the Knights Hospitaller, who ruled Malta from 1530 to 1798, and was also known as the Magisterial Palace.
2 km · palace · Wikipedia - 04Our Lady of Victory Church
The Our Lady of Victory Church, formerly known as the Saint Anthony the Abbot Church, was the first church and building completed in Valletta, Malta. In 1566, following the Great Siege of Malta, Grand Master Jean Parisot de Valette and his Order showed interest to build a church in the name of the Nativity of the Virgin as a form of thanksgiving; the construction was funded by de Valette.
1.9 km · church in Valletta, Malta · Wikipedia - 05Fort Ricasoli
Fort Ricasoli is a bastioned fort in Kalkara, Malta, which was built by the Order of Saint John between 1670 and 1698. The fort occupies a promontory known as Gallows' Point and the north shore of Rinella Bay, commanding the entrance to the Grand Harbour along with Fort Saint Elmo.
1.7 km · fort in Malta · Wikipedia - 06Church of St Catherine of Italy, Valletta
The Church of St Catherine of Alexandria, commonly known as the Church of St Catherine of Italy is a Roman Catholic church in Valletta, Malta. It was built by the Hospitaller Langue of Italy and it serves as the parish church of the Italian community of Malta.
1.9 km · church building in Valletta, Malta · Wikipedia - 07St Paul's Pro-Cathedral
St Paul's Pro-Cathedral, officially The Pro-Cathedral and Collegiate Church of Saint Paul, is an Anglican pro-cathedral of the Diocese in Europe situated in Independence Square, Valletta, Malta. A "pro-cathedral" is a church with cathedral status though not being the main cathedral.
2.2 km · cathedral · Wikipedia - 08Basilica of Our Lady of Mount Carmel
The Basilica of Our Lady of Mount Carmel is a Carmelite Roman Catholic minor basilica dedicated to Our Lady of Mount Carmel, located in Valletta, Malta. It is one of the major churches of Valletta, and forms part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site which includes the entire city.
2.2 km · church in Valletta, Malta · Wikipedia - 09National Museum of Archaeology
The National Museum of Archaeology is a Maltese archaeological museum located in Valletta, with artefacts from Maltese prehistory, Phoenician times and a notable numismatic collection. It is managed by Heritage Malta.
2 km · archaeology museum in Valletta, Malta · Wikipedia - 10Manoel Theatre
Teatru Manoel is a theatre and important performing arts venue in Malta. The theatre is often referred to as simply "The Manoel", and is named after Grand Master of the Order of the Knights Hospitaller, Fra António Manoel de Vilhena, who ordered its construction in 1731.
2.1 km · theatre in Valletta, Malta · Wikipedia
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Getting to Cospicua
- Airports
- Malta (MLA), 5 km · Catania-Fontanarossa (CTA), 183 km · Falcone–Borsellino (PMO), 285 km
- Stations
- Ħamrun, 3 km · Grand Harbour, 1.4 km · Marsamxett Harbour, 2.5 km
- Catania → Cospicua185 km · quickest by road, 4h 37m · €22–31
- Palermo → Cospicua269 km · quickest by road, 7h 9m · €35–48
- Tripoli → Cospicua355 km · quickest by air, 4h 57m · $190–290
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No local-transport research exists yet for Cospicua
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Cospicua. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inWater taxis leave from the Victoria Gate dock in Valletta to the Birgu dock whenever they have six people, €3 per person (Feb 2025).
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