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  Valletta travel guide - Wikitravel
Valletta is the capital of the island nation of Malta.
The imposing defence walls and ramparts at the entrance to Valletta built by the Knights in the late 16th century are interesting to explore.
Valletta has a collection of decent restaurants, due to most of the tourists residing either in Sliema or on the north coast of the island there are fewer of the trashy variety, although it does have the ubiquitous fastfood places (Burger King, McDonalds, Pizza Hut).
wikitravel.org /en/Valletta   (2283 words)

  
 Valletta City, Malta Holiday Resort  Maps Travel Tips and More
Valletta and its suburb town of Floriana are perched on the steep Sciberras peninsula jutting out into Malta's two deep natural harbours, Grand Harbour and Marsamxett Harbour.
Valletta is also regarded as a unique example of baroque architecture.
Valletta is also Malta's capital city: a living, working city, the administrative and commercial heart of the Islands.
www.holiday-malta.com /resort/malta/village/valletta   (778 words)

  
  Valletta travel guide - Wikitravel
Valletta is the capital of the island nation of Malta.
The imposing defence walls and ramparts at the entrance to Valletta built by the Knights in the late 16th century are interesting to explore.
Valletta has a collection of decent restaurants, due to most of the tourists residing either in Sliema or on the north coast of the island there are fewer of the trashy variety, although it does have the ubiquitous fastfood places (Burger King, McDonalds, Pizza Hut).
www.wikitravel.org /en/Valletta   (2283 words)

  
 Valletta G-House
Valletta G-House is a graceful private town house within the walls of Valletta, a World Heritage City on the islands of Malta.
Valletta G-House is as far removed from the blandness of hotels and normal holiday lets as you can get.
Valletta G-House has one large double bedroom with a traditional Maltese wooden balcony, a sitting/TV room, a fully equipped kitchen/dining room and bathroom.
www.vallettahouse.com   (436 words)

  
  Valletta
Valletta, the capital city of Malta, is built on the northern half of the Sciberras peninsula, which separates the Grand Harbour from Marsamxett Harbour.
Any irregularities that occur in the streets grid were imposed on it by the lie of the land and the need to have unhampered communications around the circuit of the fortifications.
Valletta was the brainchild of Grand Master Jean de la Valette.
www.maltagozo.com /valletta.html   (3690 words)

  
  Valletta, Malta
In honour of its founder, it was to be known as Valletta.
Valletta was to become Malta's chief town, instead of El Borgo (Vittoriosa).
Valletta actually owes its existence largely to the marauding forces of the Turks, under the Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent.
www.destinationmalta.com /valletta.htm   (351 words)

  
 Amber Valletta Relationships
Amber Valletta feels that little, daily acts of caring and thoughtfulness are essential to the happiness and success of relationships and she knows how to make others feel accepted, loved and cherished.
Valletta can gain inner security and strength through periods of solitude if she views them as times to nourish herself and develop her own interests, rather than as times of loneliness.
Amber Valletta tends to deprive herself of pleasure, friendship, and love, either because she feels she does not deserve it or she thinks it is wrong to enjoy life too much.
www.topsynergy.com /famous/Amber_Valletta.asp   (1036 words)

  
 CHARLES BRAY's Vallett Journal
Valletta: Charles Bray took this picture of St John’s Cathedral inside the Church, and according to history it was build in 1572 by Grand Master Jean de la Cassière one of the head Order of the Knights Hospitalet of St John.
Valletta: Picture is taken during the high winds on February 25th, of the Breakwater in which was built to protect the Grand Harbour.
Valletta: On the 15th of April 1942, King George VI of the United Kingdom awarded the Maltese Islands the “George Cross” an award that is bestowed on civilians for demonstrations of bravery, as you could see the Letter and the cross.
www.greatestcities.com /users/cbray5003/Europe/Malta/Valletta   (4847 words)

  
 Valletta
Valletta was intended as a fortress to protect the two harbours on either side of the rocky peninsula on which it was to be built.
Valletta boasts of three Parish Churches and a host of others, but pride of place must go to St.John's Co-Cathedral.
In years gone by, people, young people especially, used to troop into Valletta every evening; they filled the many cinemas there, crowded the coffee shops or just strolled up and down the main streets to admire and be admired, followed by a last minute rush to catch the last bus to the village.
www.geocities.com /rpulli/Valletta.html   (416 words)

  
 Discover Valletta, Capital of Malta
Valletta, hence, is a urban area which boasts many buildings from the 16th century and onwards, but most of them were built during the time of the Knights of St. John of Jerusalem (the Knights Hospitaller, or Knights of Malta).
The Valletta peninsula, which is fed by the two natural harbours of Marsamxett and the Grand Harbour, is Malta's major port, with unloading quays at Marsa; a Cruise-liner terminal has been built recently in the Grand Harbour, along the old sea-wall of the duty free stores built by Grandmaster Pinto.
Valletta has a suburb, Floriana, which was built on the outside part of the Valletta bastions and on the inner part of the Floriana Lines, hence leaving an area between these two lines to house those that could not afford a house in Valletta.
www.magicaljourneys.com /Malta/malta-interest-valletta.html   (846 words)

  
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After 1814 the city became a British Mediterranean naval and military base of the first importance; it was subjected to severe bombing raids in World War II and was the place where the Italian fleet surrendered in 1943.
The National Malta Library was built in the late 18th century; the University of Malta was founded by Pope Clement VIII in 1592; the Manoel Theatre dates from 1731-32; and the National Museum of Fine Arts (opened 1974) is housed in a residence dating from 1571.
Valletta has little industry but is the centre of the large transit trade and the local trade of the islands.
www.thesalmons.org /lynn/valetta.html   (344 words)

  
 WIRED TEMPLES - Malta on the Web: Valletta
Valletta, population 7048 (official estimate (2000), is the capital of Malta.
Valletta is a 16th century site, with many buildings from the time of the Knights of St. John of Jerusalem (the Knights Hospitaller, or Knights of Malta), the long-time rulers of the city and the island.
Valletta is built on a peninsula, which is fed by two natural harbours, Marsamxett and the Grand Harbour, Malta's major port.
www.maltamedia.net /wt/2005/01/valletta.html   (428 words)

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