Malta - City Gate
The City Gate is in front of Freedom Square, at the end of Republic Street.
Known originally as the Gate of St George, this was the main entrance through the bastions into the city. It later became Porta Reale and then King's Gate. The present gate was erected to provide a wider passage in 1964.
Known originally as the Gate of St George, this was the main entrance through the bastions into the city. It later became Porta Reale and then King's Gate. The present gate was erected to provide a wider passage in 1964.
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St John's Cavalier (Embassy of the Sovereign Order of St John)
This 1582 structure was built either side of what was St George's Gate, now City Gate, inside the main enceinte of the fortifications, set above the bastions and counterguards in order to fire deeper into the enemy lines.
The Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of St John of Jerusalem of Rhodes and of Malta has maintained its embassy here since 1968.
The Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of St John of Jerusalem of Rhodes and of Malta has maintained its embassy here since 1968.
