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Fort St Angelo

Filmed as Malta

📍 Fort St Angelo, Xatt il-Forn, Birgu (Vittoriosa), Birgu, Malta

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Scene breakdown

  1. Malta

    Jurassic World Dominion 2022

    The fort and the marina waterfront below it appear in the views of Malta's harbour as the heroes arrive.

    Owen Grady Claire Dearing

Real-world history

The fort at the tip of Birgu was the Order of St John's headquarters during the Great Siege of 1565 and later served the Royal Navy as HMS St Angelo. Heritage Malta reopened it after a restoration completed in 2015.

Logistics & accessibility

Admission: Heritage Malta museum with paid entry; check the current opening hours. The upper fort belongs to the Sovereign Military Order of Malta and is not part of the visit.

Parking & accessibility: Car parks along the Vittoriosa Yacht Marina (Xatt Juan B. Azopardo); ferry from Valletta.

Best time to visit: Late afternoon for harbour views back to Valletta.

What else to see here

  • St Lawrence's Church, Birgu

    Church

    8 min walk

  • Triq il-Mandraġġ, Birgu

    Street

    10 min walk