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So if thats St Elmo on the left, what is the buiding on the right at Tigne?
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This is definitly not from Marsamxett, but from Kalkara Bay, with Fort St.Angelo on the left and Villa Bighi on the right. The stores at Barriera Wharf are in the background right on the foreshore.
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So it is. Thank you. I did have my doubts but as that seems to be the official title of the engraving, I suppose I can't change it! It would have been an unlikely place for a ship to be careened.
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Was the hospital built on the site of the Villa Bighi?
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Yes, from 1830. Full story here. I don't think that can be the main villa in the engraving, perhaps an outbuilding where the cot lift is now? This engraving is also advertised as "A view of Valetta on the island of Malta, from the approach to the harbour. " which is also wrong. Colour version here.
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