Valletta
New city. Who dis?
A siege ends. A capital begins. Meet Valletta’s origin story.
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Valletta
The man with a city named after him
A siege, a Grand Master and a name you definitely recognise.
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One woman. Three history-making firsts.
MP. Minister. President. Meet Agatha Barbara.
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Never judge a church by its cover.
Plain outside. An explosion of art inside.
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Small church. Huge backstory.
This quiet corner takes you back to Valletta’s very beginning.
Read the short story ↗Xagħra, Gozo
Big stones. Even bigger questions.
Who built Ġgantija? And what can the stones actually tell us?
Read the short story ↗Qrendi
Malta, before the cities.
Meet the communities who built with enormous blocks of limestone.
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If these walls could talk…
Armour, painted battles and centuries of power. Step inside.
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There’s another Valletta under your feet.
Water, grain and tunnels: the hidden systems that kept a city alive.
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Wait. There was an opera house here?
A grand theatre, wartime destruction and a surprising second act.
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Same street. Different names.
Strada Reale. Kingsway. Republic Street. Why did the name change?
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1947: a door opens.
Meet the first woman elected to Malta’s Parliament.
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1964 ≠ 1974. Here’s why.
Independence and becoming a republic are two different milestones.
Read the short story ↗Għar Dalam, Birżebbuġa
Before the knights, there were farmers.
Start the story thousands of years before Valletta existed.
Read the short story ↗Tas-Silġ, Marsaxlokk
Malta was connected before Wi-Fi.
A sanctuary tells a story of Mediterranean connections.
Read the short story ↗Rabat
Roman Malta had serious floor goals.
A buried townhouse brings Roman daily life into focus.
Read the short story ↗Mdina
Malta had a capital before Valletta.
Meet the hilltop city with a much longer backstory.
Read the short story ↗Birgu
The Knights arrive. Valletta doesn’t exist yet.
Their early headquarters overlooked the Grand Harbour.
Read the short story ↗Fort St Elmo, Valletta
A small fort. A huge struggle.
The Great Siege begins before Valletta becomes a city.
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Napoleon enters the chat.
A French fleet brings the Knights’ Maltese rule to an end.
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The award that ended up on a flag.
Malta’s George Cross connects wartime experience with national memory.
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A new chapter, with nine other countries.
1 May 2004: Malta joins the European Union.
Read the short story ↗Ħal Tarxien
The detective with a trowel.
Themistocles Zammit helped uncover Malta’s prehistoric story.
Read the short story ↗Borġ in-Nadur, Birżebbuġa
A woman digging into Malta’s deep past.
Margaret Murray investigated a site with more than one life.
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