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Valletta and Grand harbour, Malta

The unigue UNESCO Heritage city of Valletta
Daithai C: Valletta and Grand Harbour
Feed : daithaic.blogspot.com |  Updated : 2008-05-21 01:16:14
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Wednesday 21 May 2008 At 01:16

Valletta, Malta’s capital and a UNESCO World Heritage site, is nothing short of an open-air museum. It is a living experience of Baroque architecture, a monument donated by the Knights of St John nearly five centuries ago. Throughout the years, Valletta has welcomed emperors, heads of state, artists and poets and is now the permanent seat of the Maltese government. It is the most complete example of a planned fortified city and its setting between two natural harbours is impressive and its richness is contained in a street plan grid of twelve streets by nine. The capital of Malta is inextricably linked to the history of the military and charitable Order of St John of Jerusalem. It was ruled successively by the Phoenicians, Greeks, Carthaginians, Romans, Byzantines, Arabs and the Order of the Knights of St John. Valletta’s 320 monuments, all within an area of 55 ha, make it one of the most concentrated historic areas in the world.
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