Birgu (Maltese: Il-Birgu [ɪlˈbɪrɡʊ], Italian: Vittoriosa), also known by its title Città Vittoriosa ("Victorious City"), is an old fortified city on the...
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Coconut crab (redirect from Birgus latro)
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...
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Great Siege of Malta (section St. Michael and Birgu)
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...
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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...
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Inquisitor's Palace (redirect from Castellania (Birgu))
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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Fort St. Angelo (category Buildings and structures 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...
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Cavalletto at the Inquisitor's Palace, in Birgu...
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Langues. This structure was maintained in Birgu (1530–1571) and then Valletta (from 1571). The auberges in Birgu remain, mostly undistinguished 16th-century...
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40,000 lb (18,000 kg) of gunpowder stored in a magazine (polverista) in Birgu, Malta, accidentally detonated. The explosion killed approximately 200 people...
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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...
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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...
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activities commemorating this date take place at the Freedom Day Monument at Birgu (Vittoriosa) (designed by Anton Agius) and at the War Memorial in Floriana...
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Carcinisation (section Coconut crabs (Birgus latro))
Jurassic The hairy stone crab (Lomis hirta) Hermit crabs: The coconut crab (Birgus latro) Patagurus rex Infraorder Brachyura (true crabs) First appearance:...
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University Press. pp. 355. ISBN 978-0-691-11422-4. The Inquisitor's Palace in Birgu (Vittoriosa). Inquisition from Its Establishment to the Great Schism: An...
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cultural projects, including the embellishment of Città Vittoriosa (modern Birgu) and the construction of new cities including Città Rohan (modern Ħaż-Żebbuġ)...
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consolidated community of Catholic Greeks discarded its traditional center in Birgu and moved its base to Valletta, after which it became prone to assimilation...
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12–70 years and can approach the size of a coconut. The shell-less hermit crab Birgus latro (coconut crab) is the world's largest terrestrial invertebrate. The...
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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...
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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...
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Castellania (Valletta) (section From Birgu to Valletta)
building in Birgu. After the Order moved their headquarters to Valletta, the Castellania moved as well. The Castellania building in Birgu was handed to...
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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...
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Serene Serene docked off Fort St. Angelo in Birgu, Malta History Name Serene Owner Mohammed bin Salman Port of registry Bermuda Builder Fincantieri Launched...
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the Southern Harbour district. Port Region includes 11 local councils: Birgu (Città Vittoriosa) Bormla (Città Cospicua) Fgura Floriana Kalkara Paola...
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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...
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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...
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Tribunal at the Inquisitor's Palace in Birgu, Malta. Eymeric's manual recommends that the accused be seated on a backless low bench....
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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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