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Fort St Elmo and the National War Museum

Fort St Elmo and the National War Museum

Museums · Valletta

A 16th-century star fort at the tip of the peninsula, the scene of the Great Siege of Malta in 1565. It now houses the National War Museum, covering the Bronze Age through the Second World War, when the island was among the most heavily bombed places in Europe.

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AddressTriq il-Mediterran, Valletta VLT 1841
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