Tigné Point (The Point)

Sliema, St Julian’s & Paceville


Tigné Point, a promontory east of Sliema, was one of the sites where the Turkish commander Dragut Reis ranged his cannons to pound Fort St Elmo during the Great Siege in 1565. The tip of the peninsula is still known as Dragut Point, and now has some of the area's swankiest residential apartments, and Malta's largest shopping mall, the Point. Tigné Fort, built in 1793 by the Knights of St John, is being restored as a cultural, heritage and commercial venue.


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Nearby Sliema, St Julian’s & Paceville attractions

1. Tigné Fort

0.11 MILES

Polygonal fort built by the Knights in 1793 to defend Marsamxett Harbour and later occupied by the British.

2. Lazzaretto di San Rocco

0.48 MILES

A 17th-century plague hospital on the south side of Manoel Island. More recently, the hospital served as an isolation hospital during WWI and was last…

3. Manoel Theatre

0.53 MILES

Malta's national theatre was built in 1731 and is one of the oldest theatres in Europe. The building is being slowly restored, but is still in use for…

4. Carmelite Basilica

0.53 MILES

Originally built in 1570 and expanded in the mid-19th century, the Carmelite Basilica (formerly known as the Basilica of Our Lady of Mt Carmel) was…

5. ll-Fortiżża

0.53 MILES

Seaside tower built by the British in Gothic style in the 19th century; now houses a restaurant.

6. Stella Maris

0.53 MILES

'Our Lady Star of the Sea' was built in 1877. On the third Sunday in August, the church's revered Our Lady Stella Maris statue is paraded through nearby…

7. Fort St Elmo & National War Museum

0.54 MILES

Guarding Marsamxett and Grand Harbours is Fort St Elmo, named after the patron saint of mariners. The fort was built by the Knights in 1552 in just four…

8. Toy Museum

0.54 MILES

This doll-sized museum houses an impressive private collection of model toys, such as tin cars from 1950s Japan, tin toys from 1912 Germany, as well as…

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