Set the scene.
The Triton Fountain was completed in May 1959. It decorated the open space outside Valletta that had developed into a bus terminus.
Here’s the twist.
That approach to the city had already changed with different forms of transport, from horse-drawn vehicles to trams and buses.
Why it still matters.
Think of arriving in Malta’s capital in each period: what would you hear and how would you travel? The fountain marks a familiar meeting place in a much longer story of movement.
🧠 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.
