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Fort Delimara
A filming location from Gladiator II in Malta.
H.J.Moyes (harry@shoka.net) Sept 2005. Upload by User:Shoka · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
The scene
The gloomy tunnels beneath the Colosseum, where gladiators wait in the dark to be sent up into the light, were shot inside this remote coastal fort near Marsaxlokk.
How to visit
Fort Delimara sits on a headland past the fishing village of Marsaxlokk; access is limited, so it is best combined with a walk out along the Delimara peninsula rather than a set visit.
Address: Delimara Point, Marsaxlokk, Malta · Open in Google Maps
- Marsaxlokk's Sunday fish market fills the harbour with colourful luzzu boats.
- St Peter's Pool, a natural rock swimming pool, is a short walk away.
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Good to know
- What was filmed at Fort Delimara?
- The gloomy tunnels beneath the Colosseum, where gladiators wait in the dark to be sent up into the light, were shot inside this remote coastal fort near Marsaxlokk.
- Can you visit Fort Delimara?
- Fort Delimara sits on a headland past the fishing village of Marsaxlokk; access is limited, so it is best combined with a walk out along the Delimara peninsula rather than a set visit.
- Where is Fort Delimara?
- Fort Delimara is a real filming location in Malta. Delimara Point, Marsaxlokk, Malta
More to film-spot in Malta
Fort Ricasoli
A full third of the Colosseum, some sixteen metres high, was built inside this vast 17th-century fort at the mouth of the Grand Harbour, where most of the film's Rome was shot over nineteen weeks.
Fort Manoel
The star-shaped 18th-century fort on Manoel Island became the gladiator training school where Lucius is drilled before he is sent to the arena.