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The entrance tunnel to the Lascaris War Rooms in the rock of St James Ditch
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Lascaris War Rooms

The Lascaris War Rooms are tunnels and chambers cut into the rock beneath the Upper Barrakka Gardens, opened in 1940 as the combined war headquarters for the defence of Malta. The Allied landings in Sicily in July 1943 were directed from here, and NATO used the complex until 1977. Restored operations rooms show the plotting tables and wall maps.

When to go

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Mon09:30–17:30
Tue09:30–17:30
Wed09:30–17:30
Thu09:30–17:30
Fri09:30–17:30
Sat09:30–17:30
SunClosed

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