Mdina - Magazine Street and Greek's Gate

The gate, like so much of Mdina, owes its restoration to de Vilhena. It was named after a small Greek community that lived in the southwest of the city in the 16th and 17th centuries. The steep slope leads out to the defensive ditch surrounding this part of the city and there is a separate entrance known as "the hole in the wall" in Magazine Street. Easily visible from a 100 meters away in the valley below is the old Valletta-Mdina railroad station, now a restaurant. During World War II the tunnel was part fuel dump, part shelter.