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As Malta’s capital city, it is a commercial centre for shopping, bars, dining, and café life. It is also the southernmost capital of Europe, [4] [note 1] and at just 0.61 square kilometres (0.24 sq mi), it is the European Union's smallest capital city. [5] [6] Valletta's 16th-century buildings were constructed by the Knights Hospitaller.
Archaeological excavations carried out within St George's Square in 2009 revealed that the site was agricultural land before the city of Valletta was established in the 1560s. [8] The square was possibly formed during the magistracy of Hugues Loubenx de Verdalle, who was Grand Master between 1582 and 1595.
The Three Cities (Maltese: It-Tlett Ibliet) is a collective description of the three fortified cities of Vittoriosa, Senglea and Cospicua in Malta. [1] The oldest of the Three Cities is Vittoriosa, which has existed since prior to the Middle Ages.
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The gardens are linked to Valletta's ditch and the nearby Lascaris Wharf by the Barrakka Lift. The first lift on the site was built in 1905, but was closed in 1973 and dismantled in 1983. [ 5 ] The lift can be seen in operation in the 1968 British adventure film, A Twist of Sand , based on Geoffrey Jenkins ' 1959 novel of the same name.
During the reconstruction years following the War, the Government of Malta requisitioned the central portion of both these buildings, to create the square that exists today. St. John's Square is one of the few "green" areas in Valletta, as it has several large ficus trees that were planted along the facade of the cathedral in the 1920s. A ...
Palazzo Ferreria, officially Palazzo Buttiġieġ-Francia, [3] is a palace found near the entrance of Valletta, the capital city of Malta. It was built in the late 19th century. [4] Designed by architect Giuseppe Bonavia, it makes use of an interesting concept of adding local timber balconies to a design inspired from that of buildings in Italy ...
Valletta, Malta's historical capital city Tourist information centre at the Torre dello Standardo in Mdina Ministry for Tourism building in Valletta. Tourism in Malta is an important sector of the country's economy, contributing to about 15 percent of the nation's gross domestic product (GDP). It is overseen by the Malta Tourism Authority, in ...