Għalkemm maqtugħha għaliha, Malta dejjem kellha wirt artistiku għani u varjat, sa mill-bidu nett permezz tad-dekorazzjonijiet fit-tempji Neolitiċi, li kompliet bl-affreski li naraw fil-kappelli medjevali, u li laħaq il-quċċata tiegħu bl-arti Barokka ta’ zmien il Kavallieri.
En 1798, Napoléon Bonaparte (plus tard Napoléon Ier) s’empara de l’île, mais l’occupation française fut de courte durée. À la mi-1800, les troupes britanniques, appelées en renfort par les Maltais, arrivèrent. Les Français résistèrent pendant trois mois avant de céder l’île aux Britanniques. Le Traité d’Amiens de 1802 rendit l’île aux Chevaliers. Cependant, les Maltais […]
The official response was that in 1892, the man in question had been admitted to the Institute of British Civil Engineers and that in 1907 he was recognised as an architect by the Royal Institute of British Architects.
Any Sherlock can detect a number of things from my surname. Chetcuti is a clear indication that my ancestors bred cackles of baby chicks or that they used to laugh gently – like giggling chickens apparently – or that they used to be masters of the house. Each surname has its own tale, and given […]
When the Knights of Malta built Valletta in the 17th century, it was admired by all who saw it. At the very beginning, for instance, there were no glass windows anywhere in Valletta.
Valletta is an ornate and Baroque city built by the Knights of Malta, however one of its most famous historical buildings is in the Neo-Classical style which contrasts with the rest of the city. Welcome to Malta’s (Polish) National Library!
Obwohl Maltas Kunst isoliert wirkt, ist sie reich und vielseitig, beginnend mit den Dekorationen der jungsteinzeitlichen Tempel, welche gewidmet wurden für den Kult der Fruchtbarkeit.
L’arte di Malta è ricca e variegata, a partire dalle decorazioni dei suoi templi neolitici, proseguendo con l’arte religiosa medievale, e raggiungendo il suo apice con l’arte barocca del periodo dei Cavalieri, mentre gli artisti maltesi vengono alla ribalta nel XIX secolo .
In 16 and 17 century Malta witches and heretics were essentially seen as insiders who broke the code of ethics while Muslims and Jews were regarded with mistrust by the Maltese authorities and the Christian community. Read more …
The features that make up a Maltese house of character are fascinating and what makes us love these houses. But how many of us know what is the difference between an ‘intrata’ and an ‘ante-intrata’ or an ‘antiporta’ and an ‘apramorta’?
Architectural gems inherited from the British dot the Sliema landscape. Even though nowadays large blocks of apartments have taken over the Sliema seafront, one can still can find a wealth of remnants of Malta’s British past.
The cippi of Malta are to Phoenician script what the Rosetta Stone is to Egyptian hieroglyphics, the key to finally decoding the world’s first written script, and the foundation of all later Phoenician and Punic studies.
Emvin Cremona was among the foremost Maltese painters of the twentieth century, soon becoming a formidable name in the fields of landscape, church decoration and, later, stamp-design and abstract painting.
Expelled from Rhodes in 1523, the Knights of St John arrived in Malta in 1530 with their treasures – a rich collection of holy relics, icons, church silver, tapestries, sacred vestments, and different objets d’art that combined their European heritage with Byzantine styles.
In Malta, driving towards Valletta, you see a large monument, built in June 1831 overlooking the Grand Harbour. The crew of HSM Madagascar commissioned this obelisk to remember the late Captain Robert Spencer, a connection to a future king of England.
A true Renaissance scholar, Sir Themistocles Zammit was successful in many fields, mainly as a medical doctor, but also as a researcher, historian, professor of chemistry, archaeologist and writer.
One of the most ‘invisible’ features of our architecture, which most Maltese don’t know about at all, is not actually Maltese but a rare heritage from Malta’s contacts with the Arab world.
The typical Maltese farmhouse (Razzett Malti) which I still remember clearly from my early childhood has lost its usefulness in today’s fast, modern world.
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
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