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Mount Sciberras
Mount
Sciberras
is a
hill
that rises 56m above the
Grand Harbour
to
the south
and
Marsamxett Harbour
to
the north
. It is upon this hill that the
Grand Master
of the
Order of Malta
,
Jean Parisot de Valette
commissioned
the
construction
of the
new city
of
Valletta
in
1566
after the
Great Siege of Malta
.
This hill
gives
its name to the
Sciberras Peninsula
.
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