Birgu (Maltese: Il-Birgu [ɪlˈbɪrɡʊ], Italian: Vittoriosa), also known by its title Città Vittoriosa ('Victorious City'), is an old fortified city on the...

The coconut crab (Birgus latro) is a terrestrial species of giant hermit crab, and is also known as the robber crab or palm thief. It is the largest terrestrial...

de Homedes ordered the strengthening of Fort Saint Angelo at the tip of Birgu (now Vittoriosa), as well as the construction of two new forts, Fort Saint...

fortifications of Birgu (Maltese: Is-Swar tal-Birgu) are a series of defensive walls and other fortifications which surround the city of Birgu, Malta. The first...

Il-Palazz tal-Inkwiżitur), also known as the Sacred Palace, is a palace in Birgu, Malta. It was the seat of the Maltese Inquisition from 1574 to 1798, under...

an auberge as its headquarters, some of which still survive in Rhodes, Birgu and Valletta. The Knights Hospitaller began to take the features of a state...

The Birgu Clock Tower (Maltese: It-Torri tal-Arloġġ tal-Birgu), also called the Vittoriosa Clock Tower and originally the Civic Clock Tower, was a clock...

Birgu Fort St. Angelo Dockyard Creek or Cottonera Marina St. Angelo Strand, Birgu Xatt il-Forn, Birgu Xatt ir-Risq, Birgu Xatt San Lawrenz, Birgu Dock...

Cavalletto at the Inquisitor's Palace, in Birgu...

(Maltese: Forti Sant'Anġlu or Fortizza Sant'Anġlu) is a bastioned fort in Birgu, Malta, located at the centre of the Grand Harbour. It was originally built...

40,000 lb (18,000 kg) of gunpowder stored in a magazine (polverista) in Birgu, Malta, mistakenly detonated. The explosion killed an estimated 200 people...

Langues. This structure was maintained in Birgu (1530–1571) and then Valletta (from 1571). The auberges in Birgu remain, mostly undistinguished 16th-century...

Auberge de France (Maltese: Berġa ta' Franza) is an auberge in Birgu, Malta. It was built around 1533 (incorporating an earlier building) to house knights...

cultural projects, including the embellishment of Città Vittoriosa (modern Birgu) and the construction of new cities including Città Rohan (modern Ħaż-Żebbuġ)...

capital of Malta until the arrival of the Order of St. John in 1530, who used Birgu instead. Mdina experienced a period of decline over the following centuries...

Crossing from Los Andes in Chile to Mendoza in Argentina June Valletta, Birgu, Bormla, Mdina, Qormi, Rabat, Senglea, Siġġiewi, Żabbar, Żebbuġ and more...

Bishop's Palace (Maltese: Il-Palazz tal-Isqof) is a palatial building in Birgu, Malta which was a residence of the Roman Catholic Bishops of Malta. It...

Jurassic The hairy stone crab (Lomis hirta) Hermit crabs: The coconut crab (Birgus latro) Patagurus rex Infraorder Brachyura (true crabs) First appearance:...

used to hold errant Knights of St. John, located in the Fort St Angelo, Birgu, Malta. This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title...

Royal, Bath, England Grey Lady, a ghost reputed to haunt Fort St. Angelo, Birgu, Malta The Grey Lady, a spirit reputed to haunt Cumberland College, in Dunedin...

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extraterritoriality of the upper portion of Fort St. Angelo in the city of Birgu. Its stated purpose is "to give the Order the opportunity to be better enabled...

The Auberge d'Aragon (Maltese: Berġa ta' Aragona) is an auberge in Birgu, Malta. It was built in the 16th century to house knights of the Order of Saint...

The Auberge d'Allemagne (Maltese: Auberge d'Allemagne) was an auberge in Birgu, Malta. It was built in the 16th century to house knights of the Order of...

List lists North Sentinel as being an important habitat for coconut crabs (Birgus latro), which have been otherwise extirpated from most of the other Andaman...

the Southern Harbour district. Port Region includes 11 local councils: Birgu (Città Vittoriosa) Bormla (Città Cospicua) Fgura Floriana (Città Vilhena)...

the Grand Master. Despite this, the Order settled in the coastal town of Birgu and made it their capital city. They settled in Fort Saint Angelo, which...

is celebrated with great pomp and devotion in Malta, in the old city of Birgu and the capital city Valletta. The Dominican order has very strong links...

representative, the Viceroy of Sicily. The Order settled in the town of Birgu and made it their capital. The ancient fortress known as Castrum Maris was...

(Maltese: Berġa tal-Italja, Italian: Albergo d'Italia) was an auberge in Birgu, Malta. It was built in the sixteenth century to house knights of the Order...