Bighi Baths
Along the coast beneath the former Bighi Hospital are historic seawater baths dating to at least 1876. Originally six were built, of which four survive...Continue reading→
Bighi Cot-Lift
The Bighi Cot Lift was built in a Victorian architectural style in 1903 and was used to transfer injured sailors from naval ships to the...Continue reading→
Commonwealth Cemetery
In 1915 the naval hospitals of Malta had more than 135,000 patients, both sick and wounded, mainly due to the battles of Gallipoli and Thessaloniki....Continue reading→
Fort Ricasoli
Built on the first peninsula of the Grand Harbour, the site was known as Gallows Point since it served for the hanging of rioteer slaves....Continue reading→
Fort Rinella
Fort Rinella in Kalkara and Fort Cambridge in Sliema were built by the British in 1886 to guard the naval base and dockyard in Malta....Continue reading→
Fort Saint Rocco
Construction of Fort Saint Rocco started in 1872 or 1873 by the British Empire as part of a fortification improvement programme recommended in a report...Continue reading→
Our Saviour Fort
Albeit construction of the Cottonera Lines started in 1670, it was only in 1724 that part of Our Saviour Bastion, named after the hill bearing...Continue reading→
Our Saviour Gate
Fears of an Ottoman attack in 1669 led the Order of Saint John to initiate the construction of the Cottonera Lines, named in honor of...Continue reading→
Red House
The Red House is an old private villa built in the year 1803 in the hamlet of Saint Rocco, on the eastern part of Kalkara....Continue reading→
Rinella and Bighi Cemeteries
Bighi Royal Naval Hospital had its own cemetery within its boundaries. The cemetery and some of the hospital grounds were redeveloped for a housing project...Continue reading→
The Church of Our Saviour
Prior to 1487 a Church dedicated to Our Saviour was built on the Rinella peninsula. Pastoral visits reveal the command by Grand Master Jean Parisot...Continue reading→
The Church of Saint Barbara
Following a dream, Giuseppe Valerio Abela donated a plot of land in Kalkara to the Capuchin Friars to build a Church and Convent. On 18th...Continue reading→
The Cross of the Great Siege
When the Ottomans invaded the Maltese islands in 1565, they found refuge on the hill of Our Saviour in Kalkara from where they attacked the...Continue reading→
The Jewish Cemetery
This cemetery is the oldest Jewish burial ground in Malta. It is located at the beginning of Rinella Street, surrounded by houses and measuring approximately...Continue reading→
The old Parish Church
On 23rd August 1884 Fortunato Gulia donated a plot of land for the building of a new Church in Kalkara. With request approval, Can. Rev....Continue reading→
The Parish Church
In 1944 Archbishop Mons. Michael Gonzi bought a plot of land, known as tal-Għeżieli from the Malta Gas Company, to build the new Parish Church...Continue reading→
Villa Bighi
Villa Bighi was designed by Maltese architect Lorenzo Gafà. It was built in 1675 by Fra Giovanni Bichi, the grandson of Pope Alexander VII. A...Continue reading→
Villa Portelli
Early during the 19th century, Sir Agostino Portelli, founder of the Malta Chamber of Commerce, decided to build his villa in Kalkara. His decision stemmed...Continue reading→
Wied Għammieq Cemetery
Cholera swept around Malta from 9th June to 9th October 1837, plundering the once Elderly Hospice in Floriana. The health authorities decided to evacuate all...Continue reading→