Cittadella (Gozo)
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The Citadel, also known as the Castello, is the citadel of Victoria on the island of Gozo, Malta. The area has been inhabited since the Bronze Age, and the site now occupied by the Cittadella is believed to have been the acropolis of the Punic-Roman city of Gaulos or Glauconis Civitas.
View of the Cittadella from the south
Roman period remains at the Gozitan Museum of Archeology. The statue in the middle was found attached to the walls of the Cittadella.
The medieval northern walls of the Cittadella
The plan on the right shows an early proposal to modernize the Cittadella, overlaid on a plan of the medieval fortifications. The plan on the left shows a similar proposal to modernize Mdina.
Gozo
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Gozo, in antiquity known as Gaulos, is an island in the Maltese archipelago in the Mediterranean Sea. The island is part of the Republic of Malta. After the island of Malta itself, it is the second-largest island in the archipelago.
Satellite view of Gozo and adjacent Comino
View of Mġarr Harbour from the Gozo Channel Line
MV Ta' Pinu, one of the four ferries operated by the Gozo Channel Line, on its way from Gozo to Ċirkewwa.
Transport bus in Gozo in 2017