Valletta:
View of the city from Sliema |
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| Valletta,
the capital city, contains the cathedral, the museum
and the auberges of the Knights of St. John.
Enclosed within its massive battlements is a grid of
narrow streets and laneways and few people actually
live there. Hotels, restaurants and any sort of night
life are found in suburbs such as Sliema across Marsamxett
Harbour. |
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Street Scene |
The
Pub |
Palace
of the Grand Master |
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Valetta.
The Lower Barrakka Gardens |
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The
Barrakka Gardens (both Upper and Lower) are in the corners
of the battlements, overlooking the Grand Harbour. They
provide a pleasant escape from the day-to-day. |
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Co-Cathedral |
Statue of the
Goddess in the Archaeological Museum |
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Xemxija
Xemxija
is located to the west of Valletta, overlooking Saint
Paul's Bay (he was shipwrecked here, according to legend).
The cemetery is located right on the edge of the modern
town. |
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| Early
Neolithic Tombs at Xemxija |
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tombs at Xemxija are the earliest found so far in Malta.
They are simple, kidney-shaped chambers, hewn out of
the soft limestone and many feel that the layout of
the later temples was inspired by them. Here Meg is
showing them to members of the group while Mary-Ellen
is checking one out for size. |
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