Sciberras Peninsula
 Port of Valletta as viewed from the ISS, at the centre of the Sciberras Peninsula | |
  Sciberras Peninsula | |
| Geography | |
|---|---|
| Location | Grand Harbour in the south and Marsamxett Harbour in the north. |
| Coordinates | 35°53′43″N 14°30′29″E / 35.89528°N 14.50806°E |
| Administration | |
Malta | |
The Sciberras Peninsula is a
Mount Sciberras, which gave its name to the peninsula.[1][3][4] During the Arab occupation the peninsula was called Mu'awiya, which has been taken up in Maltese as Xagħriet Mewwija (uncultivated and undulating heaths).[5]
Valletta, the capital of Malta, is located on the Sciberras Peninsula, as is its suburb Floriana.[6]
Some authors maintain that the name comes from the old Maltese family name Sciberras or Xiberras, who would have owned the land.[7] Recent scholarly studies indicate that the phrase Xeberras is a Punic phrase which means the headland, or the middle peninsula, which is exactly the geographic characteristic of the Valletta-Floriana peninsula.[8]
Mount Sciberras
Mount Sciberras is a
Order of Malta, Jean Parisot de Valette commissioned the construction of the new city of Valletta in 1566 after the Great Siege of Malta.[11]
This hill gives its name to the peninsula.[11][12]
See also
References
- ^ a b Blondi 1997, p. 78.
- ^ Auzias & Labourdette 2002, p. 128.
- ^ Blasi 2013, p. 38.
- ^ Allison 2013, p. 8.
- ^ Delbeke & Schraven 2012, p. 215.
- ^ Auzias & Labourdette 2002, p. 155.
- ^ Guillaumier 2002, p. 869.
- S2CID 239631719.
- ^ Blondi 1997, p. 78
- ^ Auzias & Labourdette 2002, p. 128
- ^ a b Allison 2013, p. 8
- ^ Blasi 2013, p. 38
Bibliography
- Allison, Olive (2013). Streets of Valletta. Palmyra Printers.
- Auzias, Dominique; Labourdette, Jean-Paul (2002). "Malte". Le Petit Futé Country Guide (in French). Nouvelle éditions de l'Université.
- Blasi, Abigail (2013). Malte et Gozo (in French). Lonely Planet.
- Blondi, Alain (1997). Malte. guides Arthaud, Grands Voyages (in French). Paris: Arthaud.
- Delbeke, Maarten; Schraven, Minou (2012). Foundation, Dedication and Consecration in Early Modern Europe. Leyde: Koninklijke Brill.
- Guillaumier, Alfie (2002). Bliet u Rħula Maltin (in Maltese). Klabb Kotba Maltin.
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