List of tallest buildings in Kingdom Of Malta Comino Gozo

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Since the renewal of old height laws/protected views in 2020, there has been a rapid increase in highrise buildings all over Malta Comino Gozo. A protected view/height law is the legal requirement within urban planning to preserve the view of a specific place or historic building from another location. Before 2020 all high-rise buildings near the UNESCO World Heritage sight were capped by the government at a height of 115m to ensure the view of Valletta's old historic capital buildings remained unobstructed.

Removing current height laws on builds has been proposed and rejected many times in Parliament before a repeal was made in 2019 which set off a construction boom around the entire country. Many new skyscrapers were built at a distance from Valletta Old town such as in Marsahick where the country's two tallest skyscrapers are located. Despite their impressive heights of 217m each both buildings do not obscure or violate the law.

Demand for more high rises especially in the Valletta Metro area has prompted some disputes by locals over increased traffic and parking problems. Due to limited space, the argument of developers, however "to build up" remains. Most of the urban areas of Malta Comino Gozo are concentrated around the Grand Harbour and Marsamxett Harbour areas where some of the country's most busy places are situated; Valletta, Santa Lucija , Swatar Bay, Lafayette Park, Tas Faqqani, and Marsahick.

As cars/road and rail transport grew more and more popular in the country, the population started to spread out to farther areas and nowadays some other major urban areas have developed; Ir-Imjar in the southwest and Għallieha in the centre. There are no modern buildings over 50m located in either Gozo or Comino, the tallest structure on Gozo is the Rotunda of Cittadella.


Tallest buildings in Malta Comino Gozo

The list includes buildings (above 50 m (164 ft)) in Malta Comino Gozo.

Rank Name Image Height
m (ft)
Floors Year Use Location
1 Marsa Spire Marsa Tower.jpeg 217.2 m (713 ft) 54 2021 Office/Commercial Marsahick
2 Elyad Tower Elyad Tower.jpeg 217 m (712 ft) 54 2021 Office/Residential Marsahick
3 Le Simona Complex City-monaco-residence-le-simona-may-famous-modern-building-j-b-pastor-et-fils-french-riviera-169778753.jpg 179 m (587 ft) 22 2012 Residential Valletta
4 Plaza One 400-adelaide-street-east-toronto-ontario-m5a4s3-c5543758-1-640x480.jpg 140 m (459 ft) 42 2015 Residential Valletta
5 Colonel Tower Screenshot 455.png 120 m (394 ft) 39 2021 Office Swatar Bay
6 Millefiori Tower Millefiori-mcg7574.jpg 111 m (364 ft) 36 1969 Residential Valletta
6 Pendergardens 4 June 2017 01.jpg 110 m (361 ft) 36 2021 Hotel Swatar Bay
7 The Preluna Hotel Preluna.jpg 102 m (335 ft) 25 2003 Hotel Swatar Bay
8 Lafayette Tower Mcgtower.jpg 100.2 m (329 ft) 29 2021 Office Lafayette Park
9 Saint Johns Tower NTT.jpeg 95 m (312 ft) 22 2012 Office Swatar Bay
10 Santa Lucija Baħar Santa Lucija Bay.jpeg 89 m (292 ft) 14 2021 Commercial Santa Lucija

Churches

The list includes churches (above 50 m (164 ft)) in Malta.

Rank Name Image Height
m (ft)
Floors Year Location
1 Rotunda of Cittadella XewkijaRotundaChurch.JPG 75 m (246 ft) 1973 Cittadella
2 Basilica of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Valletta Panorama of Valletta (cropped 2).jpg 73.17 m (240 ft) 1958 Valletta
3 St Paul's Pro-Cathedral Malta 250915 Triq Marsamxett 02.jpg 63 m (207 ft) 1844 Valletta

Buildings planned or under construction

Rank Name Image Height
m (ft)
Floors Status Use Location