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The Upper Barrakka Gardens (Maltese: Il-Barrakka ta' Fuq) are a public garden in Valletta, Malta. [1] Along with the Lower Barrakka Gardens in the same city, they offer a panoramic view of the Grand Harbour. [2] The gardens are located on the upper tier of Saints Peter and Paul Bastion, which was built in the 1560s.
The Lower Barakka Gardens (Maltese: Il-Barrakka t'Isfel) are a public garden in Valletta, Malta, twinned with the Upper Barrakka Gardens in the same city. [ 1 ] The gardens have a view of the Grand Harbour and the breakwater.
Upper Barrakka Gardens in Valletta. This is a list of parks and gardens, open to the general public, in Malta and Gozo by locality: Attard. Villa Bologna Gardens.
The Lower Barrakka Gardens was chosen as the site to build the monument, since its location on the fortifications overlooking the Grand Harbour was appropriate to honour a naval officer, and it was an area popular with the local population. The strategic location of the monument made it a powerful symbol of British rule in Malta.
Les Gavroches is a bronze sculpture by Antonio Sciortino, depicting Parisian street children inspired by Gavroche from the 1862 Victor Hugo novel Les Misérables.The statue was cast in 1904, and for most of the 20th century it was displayed at the Upper Barrakka Gardens in Valletta, Malta.
The Barrakka Lift is a lift in Valletta, Malta which was constructed in 2012, on the site of a previous lift which had operated from 1905 to 1973 and which was demolished in 1983. It is located inside the ditch of the fortifications of Valletta, and links Lascaris Wharf to St. Peter and Paul Bastion and the Upper Barrakka Gardens.
The battery was manned by the 3rd Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment of the Royal Malta Artillery. The Upper Barrakka and the Saluting Battery were significantly damaged by aerial bombardment. During the war, the Lascaris War Rooms were built in tunnels dug under the battery and gardens. [7] After the war, the damage to the battery and gardens was ...
The Auberge de Castille (Maltese: Berġa ta' Kastilja), historically in full known as the Auberge de Castille et Portugal, is an auberge in Valletta, Malta.The auberge is located at Castile Place, close to Saint James Cavalier, the Malta Stock Exchange, and the Upper Barrakka Gardens.