SPECIAL EVENTS

Victory Day Full Gun Salute

This event will take place as announced with no changes. 

On Friday 8 September 2023 at 12.00hrs a National Salute will be fired from the guns at the Saluting Battery in Valletta to mark Victory Day popularly known as the Otto Settembere. This event marks three important military victories in Malta's history - the 1565 Great Siege, the 1798 French Blockade and the 1940 -1943 Siege in WW2. A special Curator's tour is being held on this day of the Saluting Battery and the new nearby Malta Time-gun Museum starting immediately after the National Salute. The tour will be conducted by Fondazzjoni Wirt Artna's founder and veteran military heritage campaigner and conservationist Mario Farrugia. There will only be one tour so it is advisable that those interested will pre-book a place by sending an email to bookings@wirtartna.org. The entrance fee will be €6 for adults and €3 for juniors under 16 years. Paid FWA members will participate for free. This will include visiting the Saluting Battery, assist to the National Salute, visiting the Malta Time-gun Museum and the curator's guided tour. ​

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REGULAR EVENTS

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Saluting Battery
Valletta

Gun firings:                       12.00 & 16.00hrs
Guided Tours:                    11.00, 12.15, 14.00, 15.00 & 16.15hrs
Audio-guides:                    Throughout the day

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Fort  Rinella
Kalkara

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

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Malta at War Museum
Vittoriosa

Guided Tours:                         11.30 & 14.30hrs
Film-shows:                           Throughout the day
Audio-guides:                         Throughout the day

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Lascaris War Rooms
Valletta

Guided Tours:                          11.30 & 14.30hrs
Film-shows:                            Throughout the day
Audio-guides:                          Throughout the day

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War H.Q. Tunnels
Valletta
(including the Saluting Battery, the Battle for Malta Combined Operations Center, St.Peter & Paul Counter-guard and the Garrison Church Crypt).

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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PAST SPECIAL EVENTS 2016

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