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​​PLAN YOUR VISIT
PRICES & OPENING HOURS
HISTORY
THINGS TO DO
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​Visit the Saluting Battery - Valletta's ancient ceremonial platform from where gun salutes are still fired. The passage of time is marked twice daily from here with gunfire at noon (12.00 hrs) and afternoon (16.00 hrs). The battery is shown as it stood in the late 1800's, complete with working cannon, artillery stores, gunpowder magazine, historic ordnance collection and a small museum. 

THINGS TO SEE AND DO

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PLAN YOUR VISIT

DIRECTIONS

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ROAD ACCESS
Follow the directional signs leading to the Saluting Battery starting from the main entrance into Valletta. These will take you along South Street onto Castille Place past the Auberge de Castille and to the Upper Barracca Gardens. The battery can be entered from both the Gardens and Battery Street adjacent to it.

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Postcode: VLT 1221
Latitude:
35.8946228 Longitude: 14.51243​

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BUS ACCESS
All buses to Valletta.

FERRY
Ferry to Valletta, follow directional signs leading to the Saluting Battery.


FACILITIES

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FOOD AND DRINK
Refreshments are available throughout the day, all year round - selling snacks, hot and cold drinks. 


TOILETS
Male and female toilets are located inside the Saluting Battery.


MUSEUM
The battery is shown as it was in the 1800's, complete with working cannon, artillery stores, gun powder magazine, historic ordnance collection and a small museum.

AUDIO TOURS
This attraction is equipped with free audio-guides in Arabic, English, Dutch, German, Maltese, Spanish, Russian, French, Danish, Chinese, Japanese and Italian. The Audio Tour is included in the admission price.

COMMERCIAL PHOTOGRAPHY
We welcome all photographers to our sites and we hope you will share your pictures with us on Flickr and Facebook.
We do have some restrictions at certain locations, so if photography is your main reason for visiting, please call us ahead of your visit to check if any parts of the site are restricted.
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GROUP VISITS

We provide great value with a 10% discount for groups of 11 or more visitors paying together.

​Contact us: +356 21800992
​                    info@wirtartna.org

PRICES AND OPENING TIMES

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Free

Adult
​€3.00

Child (under 16 years)
​€1.00

OPENING HOURS

Monday to Sunday 10.00-17.00
Closed on New Year's Eve, New Year, Good Friday, Easter, Santa Marija 15 August, Christmas Eve and Christmas.

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CONTACT US

TELEPHONE: 00356 21800992
EMAIL: info@wirtartna.org

http://www.salutingbattery.com/home.html
Fondazzjoni Wirt Artna - the Malta Heritage Trust
 E:info@wirtartna.org
T: +356 21800992, 21803091 
Fondazzjoni Wirt Artna - the Malta Heritage Trust is a voluntary non-governmental organization (VO/0117) active in the fields of cultural heritage preservation and management. It was formed in October 1987 and is responsible for a rich array of cultural heritage sites that together span some 7,000 years of continued history.

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