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St Lawrence's Church, Birgu

Filmed as Malta rooftops

📍 Triq San Lawrenz, Birgu (Vittoriosa), Birgu, Malta

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Scene breakdown

  1. Malta rooftops

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    Claire Dearing

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Real-world history

Lorenzo Gafà's Baroque church was built between 1681 and 1697 on the site of the Order of St John's first conventual church in Malta. It holds a Mattia Preti painting of the martyrdom of St Lawrence.

Logistics & accessibility

Admission: Church interior opens to visitors most days (posted as weekday daytime and shorter weekend hours); check the current times. The roof is not accessible.

Parking & accessibility: Small car parks along the Birgu waterfront; or take the ferry from Valletta to the Three Cities.

Best time to visit: Morning, from the waterfront below the church.

What else to see here

  • Fort St Angelo

    Fort

    8 min walk

  • Triq il-Mandraġġ, Birgu

    Street

    3 min walk