The Ċittadella, the oldest fortified site in Gozo, is an ancient fortress situated on a hill in the centre of the island. The fortress we see today was mostly built by the Knights in the beginning of the 18th century .
Mdina, also known as Città Vecchia, is the oldest city in Malta, often called the Silent City. However, there was nothing “silent” about it when it was still a lively city in the past, especially in the time before the Knights, when it was the main city of the island.
L-ewwel kuntatt id-dokumentat tar-Rumani mal-gżejjer Maltin jidher li seħħ fis-sena 255 QK, matul l-Ewwel Gwerra Punika. Il-flotta Rumana kienet fit-triqtha lura minn kampanja militari fl-Afrika meta waqqfu f’Malta, serqu dak li setgħu u taw in-nar lil dak li kien fadal. Għaldaqstant hu ċarissimu li r-Rumani ma kienux għadhom intebħu bl-importanza strateġika tal-gżejjer tagħna. Dak iż-żmien […]
In the early 17th century, the new style of Baroque which started as a Counter-Reformation design adopted by the Roman Catholic Church in Italy, spread through the Roman Catholic countries of Europe.
The Baroque age is generally considered to have begun in the last third of the16th century and to have ended in the mid-18th, covering the period of time between the Italian Renaissance (and its Mannerist sequel) and Neo-classicism.
Two key players entered the scene at the dawn of the 18th century. Romano Carapecchia, the architect, arrived from Rome in 1707 while Charles Francois de Mondion, the military engineer, arrived from Paris in 1715.
Between the villages of Siġġiewi, Rabat and Dingli there is a hamlet called “tal-Fawwara”. Its name is derived from an old spring, known for the generosity of its flowing water.
Il primo contatto registrato tra le Isole Maltesi nel 255 A.C. durante la Prima Guerra Punica, saccheggiarono tutto quello che poterono, e devastarono il resto. Chiaramente, non si resero conto in quel momento del significato strategico delle isole.
The marble tombstones that form the uniquely colourful marble floor of St John’s Co-Cathedral are a unique heritage rich in artistic beauty and symbolism. There are 378 tombstones in St John’s, as well as four small inscriptions or plaques commemorating Knights of the Order who did not die in Malta. Only two designs are repeated, […]
The background of wayside chapels that dot the Maltese and Gozitan countryside is much more complex and fascinating than their simple structures might suggest.
440 to 530AD was a bloody period as Germanic Vandals and Ostrogoths warred over southern Europe, however Byzantium’s 533AD victory over the Vandals in Sicily led to Byzantium ruling Malta for more than three centuries as an outlying guard and Muslim target.
Il periodo tra il 440 e il 530 a.C. fu sanguinoso perchè i Vandali e gli Ostrogoti germanici guerreggiavano nell’Europa meridionale. Tuttavia la vittoria di Bisanzio sui Vandali nel 533 a.C. in Sicilia, portò Bisanzio a governare su Malta per più di tre secoli come guardia periferica e bersaglio musulmano.
After Muhammad died in 632 AD, Islam spread across the Middle East and North Africa as far as Spain and Sicily. After three centuries of Byzantine rule, Malta fell to the North African Aghlabids in 870 AD, a conquest that would cause ripples for centuries.
Malta intrebħet mill-Musulmani fis-sena 870 WK, wara tlett sekli ta’ tmexxija Biżantina. Għalkemm intbagħtu min Malta kwazi 900 sena ilu, din il-konkwista ħalliet konsegwenzi matul is-sekli li ġew wara, li għadhom jinħassu sal-ġurnata tal-lum.
Imbuljuta is the traditional Maltese drink served after Midnight Mass on Christmas and New Year’s Eve. It is the perfect recipe for those special nights where you want something hot, spicy and deliciously seasonal.
The preparation of minestra is a serious business in the Maltese islands and much discussion takes place between and within families about which vegetables should be used and whether it should or should not be mashed
This is one of the best-loved and most rewarding Maltese dishes, each family has its own recipe however few restaurants present a really good version of it.
Maltese marrows can be stuffed with either a ricotta or meat mixture, for a delicious traditional dish:
The history of Maltese and Gozitan food is best seen through the history of our islands going back as far as the Phoenicians who first visited more than 5,000 years ago
Excluding the fragmentary remains of murals in theEarly Christian hypogea, notably in the St. Agathacomplex, outside the ditch of Roman Mdina
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