SPECIAL EVENTS
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Full Gun Salute
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Fondazzjoni Wirt Artna in collaboration with the Malta Tourism Authority are pleased to inform the public that a rare exchange of maritime salutes is to take place in the Grand Harbour on Friday 14th October 2022 commencing at 11.30hrs between the Saluting Battery in Valletta and the visiting S.P.S. Götheborg sailing vessel. This event will be recreating a past maritime tradition when foreign visiting ships including armed merchantmen were required to discharge their loaded cannon outside the harbour in the form of salutes as a sign of their good intentions to which the fortress acknowledged the compliment with an equal number of blank rounds.
The SPS Götheborg III is a sailing replica of the Swedish East Indiaman Götheborg, launched in 1738 which sank off Gothenburg, Sweden, on 12 September 1745, while approaching the harbour on her return from a third voyage to China. Construction of the replica started in 1995, with the hull launched in 2003, and the rig fully tested for the first time in 2005. In 2008, Götheborg completed its first Baltic Sea Tour. The East Indiaman Götheborg is classified as a passenger ship sailing under the ordinary Swedish flag. It is the world's largest operational wooden sailing ship. On this occasion the Saluting Battery will be open for regular visiting and the time-guns will be fired as scheduled. Guided tours will be offered before and after the firings. |
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REGULAR EVENTS
Saluting Battery
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Gun firings: 12.00 & 16.00hrs
Guided Tours: 11.00, 12.15, 14.00, 15.00 & 16.15hrs Audio-guides: Throughout the day |
Fort Rinella
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Live-displays:
Guided Tours: Film-shows: Audio-guides: |
Monday to Saturday
11.00 hrs - Military Signalling; 12.00hrs - Sword Display; 13.00hrs - Musketry Display 14.00hrs - Main Re-enactment Display (Foot & Rifle Drill/Cavalry/ Artillery firing) In between displays In between displays Throughout the day |
Malta at War Museum
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Guided Tours: 11.30 & 14.30hrs
Film-shows: Throughout the day Audio-guides: Throughout the day |
Lascaris War Rooms
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Guided Tours: 11.30 & 14.30hrs
Film-shows: Throughout the day Audio-guides: Throughout the day |
War H.Q. Tunnels
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Guided Tour: Monday-Sunday
at 10.30 hours & 13.00hrs |
Book this tour in person at the Saluting Battery or the Lascaris War Rooms or by phone 21800992/21803091 (office hours) or email: bookings@wirtartna.org
Tour starts from the Saluting Battery in Valletta. |
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