In Popular Culture
Fort Saint Elmo was used as a film location for the Turkish jail in Midnight Express.
Popular Maltese folk band Etnika gave three concerts on 31 July, 1 and 2 August 2003 named Bumbum, that drew thousands of revellers to listen to modern Maltese folk music.
Australian-based Maltese folk band 'Skorba' is currently composing a suite of music that is a narrative of the Ottoman Siege in 1565.
In the popular real time strategy game, Age of Empires III, the first level's task is defend a fort on Malta against the Ottomans, which appears to be Fort St. Elmo.
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