In den ersten Monaten nach dem Aufstand gegen die Franzosen erkannten die maltesischen Führer, dass sie eine Großmacht brauchten, um die Franzosen zu vertreiben und die Inseln zu schützen. Sie wandten sich zunächst an den König von Neapel, doch da Neapel selbst mit Napoleon Schwierigkeiten hatte, kam die Hilfe stattdessen von den Briten, die damals […]
If the Dark Ages in Malta were really dark, the Knights of St John lit Malta with all the fury and glory of the bloodiest siege that Europe had yet seen. Expelled from Rhodes by the Ottoman Turks in 1523, the Hospitaller Order of St John were given a new base by Emperor Charles V. […]
Malta fell to the Arabs in 870 AD after three centuries of Byzantine rule. Although they were expelled almost 900 years ago, the effects of that conquest caused ripples across the centuries that can be felt to to the present day.
On the 9 June 1798, a French fleet sailing to Egypt with over 30,000 men under Napoleon Bonaparte arrived off heavily fortified Valletta, ruled by the Knights of St John. A French Knight in Malta recorded the event in these terms: “the Maltese people saw from vantage points, the forest of masts which covered a […]
In the first months after the insurrection against the French, Maltese leaders realised that they needed a great power to help them expel the French and protect the islands.
The Phoenicians were a seafaring race living along the Levantine coast and sailing beyond the boundaries of the known world. Though they invented writing, they left no written accounts of themselves so it is thanks to pottery remains and the breaking of the code on Malta’s ‘cippus’ that we know more about these shadowy people. […]
When the Romans took over Malta in 218BC it had the status of part of the province of Sicily, not a colony. The Romans reformed governance and religion while the city of Melite increased greatly in size thanks to the prosperity created by trade with Rome.
Nei primi mesi dopo l’isurrezione contro i Francesi, i leaders Maltesi realizzarono che avevano bisogno di un grande potere che li potesse aiutare a cacciare i Francesi e proteggere le isole.
Malta saret parti tal-Imperu Ruman fis-sena 218QK mhux bhala kolonja imma bhala parti mil-provinċja ta’ Sqallija. L-okkupażżjoni Rumana ġabet riformi fil-governanża u fir-reliġjon u li l-belt ta’ Melite kibret ħafna grazzi għal gid li ġabet iz-zieda fil-kummerċ ma’ Ruma.
Se i periodi bui a Malta furono veramente bui, i Cavalieri di San Giovanni illuminarono Malta con tutta la furia e la gloria del più sanguinario assedio che l’Europa avesse mai visto. Espulso da Rodi dai Turchi Ottomani nel 1523, all’Ordine degli Ospedalieri di San Giovanni è stata data una nuova base dall’Imperatore Carlo V.Di […]
Malta cadde sotto gli Arabi nel 870, dopo tre secoli di dominio Bizantino. Malgrado il fatto che furono espulsi quasi 900 anni fa, gli effetti di questa conquista causarono increspature durante i secoli, che si percepiscono ancora oggili
Although Angevin rule was short, it was during this time that Malta really started to become part of Europe as regards laws, government and church administration. The July 1283 naval Battle of Malta at the entrance to the Grand Harbour marked the beginning of Aragonese rule, one of the most turbulent periods in Malta’s history…
Tra il 1000 e l’800 a.C. i Fenici raggiunsero la Spagna e Malta che si trovava sul percorso. Apprezzavano Malta per i suoi porti, per la sua posizione centrale e per gli abbondanti rifornimenti.
Quando i Romani conquistarono Malta nel 218 aC, davano lo status di parte di provincia della Sicilia, non colonia. I Romani riformarono la governance e la religione mentre la città di Melite aumentava di dimensioni grazie alla prosperità creata dal commercio con Roma.
The Temple Period, one of the most important periods of Malta’s history, started around 3600 BC. Malta has no less than six UNESCO World Heritage temples while the Ġgantija (giant stones) prehistoric temple in Gozo is the oldest free-standing building in the world.
Si la période de l’âge sombre fut réellement obscure à Malte, les Chevaliers de Saint-Jean irradièrent l’île avec toute la fureur et la gloire du siège le plus sanglant que l’Europe ait jamais connu. Expulsés de Rhodes par les Turcs ottomans en 1523, l’Ordre hospitalier de Saint-Jean reçut, de la part de l’empereur Charles Quint, […]
Wenn das dunkle Zeitalter auf Malta wirklich düster war, so erhellten die Ritter des Heiligen Johannes Malta mit all der Wut und dem Ruhm der blutigsten Belagerung, die Europa je gesehen hatte. Nachdem sie 1523 von den Osmanischen Türken von Rhodos vertrieben worden waren, erhielten die Johanniterritter vom Kaiser Karl V. eine neue Basis. Angesichts […]
Envisioning the New ‘City of the Order’, Valletta – Francesco Laparelli (1521-70) by Conrad Thake.
Valletta was conceived as a new fortified city for the Knights of the Order of St John in Malta. In the aftermath of the Great Siege in 1565 and the defeat of the Ottoman Turkish army, it became critical to build a new fortified city on the Sceberras peninsula…
The most grandiose of Malta’s palace interiors, the Grand Master’s Palace was meant to be built elsewhere, then started llife as three houses joined up to form a palace, and is now the office of the President of Malta – said to be haunted!
Man has always felt the fundamental need to protect and defend himself, his family and his home by building strong walls around him.
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