Set the scene.
After Porte des Bombes, travellers reached another defensive entrance: St Anne’s Gate. A rock-cut outer defence, called a tenaille, stood in front of it.
Here’s the twist.
The council dates the demolition of the gate and its outer defence to 1897, when the road into Floriana and Valletta was widened. The niche of St Anne was saved.
Why it still matters.
Look for the small surviving devotional feature rather than expecting the whole gateway. Sometimes the part pedestrians barely notice becomes the clue to a much larger missing structure.
🧠 One to think about +
What does this story change about the way you see Malta today? Pick one detail you’d tell a friend — then check its source below.