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Fort Saint Elmo

fortification in Malta
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Summary

Fort Saint Elmo is a star fort[1]. It draws 1,877 Wikipedia views per month (star fort category, ranking #3 of 9).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Valletta[3]
  • Country: Malta[4]
  • Instance of: military museum[5]
  • Commissioned by: Knights Hospitaller[6]
  • Maintained by: Heritage Malta[7]
  • Owned by: Government of Malta[8], Heritage Malta[9]
  • Operator: Heritage Malta[10]
  • Has use: National War Museum[11]
  • Commons category: Fort Saint Elmo[12]
  • Inception: 1552[13]
  • Described by source: Starforts[14]
  • Heritage designation: Grade 1[15]
  • Native label: Il-Forti Sant'Iermu[16]
  • Category for maps or plans: Category:Maps of Fort Saint Elmo[17]
  • Category for the view from the item: Category:Views from Fort Saint Elmo[18]

Why It Matters

Fort Saint Elmo has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19] It is known by 24 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]

Related Entities

Malta Valletta

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . culture.gov.mt. culture.gov.mt. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [20] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 1d ago · Vicarage · 2026-10-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → star fort, military museum
    Wikipedia languages → ['ca', 'commons', 'cs', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'fa', 'fr', 'he', 'hu', 'it', 'ja', 'n
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Instance of: military museum"
  2. 13w ago · Canercangul · 2026-07-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Maintained by → Heritage Malta
    Instance of → —
    Inception → +1552-00-00T00:00:00Z
    Openstreetmap relation id → 7893491
    + 20 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Kulturenvanteri monument id: 493356"
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