Photos of Valletta the capital, and Sliema, Malta

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Valletta the capital, and Sliema

Valletta is Malta’s capital and largest city on the peninsula known as Sceberras, between Marsamxett Harbour to the west and the Grand Harbour to the east. It was named after Jean Parisot de Valette, Grand Master of the Knights Hospitaller, who was victorious in defending Malta from an invasion by the Ottomans during the Great Siege of 1565.

Valletta from the ferry
 
Fort St. Elmo from the ferry
 
Grand Harbour from Floriana
 
Police Band, Floriana
 
Police Band marching
 
Arrival of the Maltese PM
 
At the Independence monument
 
Floriani bus station Valletta
 
Leyland Thames bus
 
Waiting, Floriani bus station
 
View of Valletta
 
Auberge de Castille
 
Merchants Street
 
In St. John's Co-Cathedral, Valletta
 
Interior St. John's Co-Cathedral
 
Marble tombstones, St. John's Co-Cathedral
 
Marble tombstone, St. John's Co-Cathedral
 
Stone carving, St. John's Co-Cathedral
 
Nicolas Cotoner Monument, St. John's Cathedral
 
Corridor in the Grand Master's Palace
 
Altar, Church of St. Paul's Shipwreck
 
Altar, Church of St. Paul's Shipwreck
 
View to Fort St. Angelo
 
Kalkara Creek and Fort St. Angelo
 
Merchants Street, Valletta
 
Narrow alley, Valletta
 
Below French Curtain, Valletta
 
At Marsamxett Harbour
 
Triq ir-Repubblika
 
Boy throwing darts
 
Children posing
 
Political demonstration, Valletta
 
Embassy Sovereign Military Order of Malta
 
St. Paul's and Madonna tal-Karmnu
 
View to Fort Manoel
 
From Sliema to Valletta
 
Fort St. Elmo from Dragutt Point
 
Sliema Pitch
 
View to Paceville
 
View across Balluta Bay
 
Balluta Buildings
 
Girls and boys at swim festival
 
Diving into the pool, St. Julian’s
 
Swimming race, St. Julian’s
 
Procession, Saint Julian’s
 
Displaying the trophy
 
View across Spinola Bay
 
View Spinola Bay and St. Julian’s Bay
 

The Knights Hospitaller constructed the city’s buildings during the 16th century. Its Baroque architecture is very prominent, despite the destruction during the Second World War when it became one of the most intensively bombed areas. It still has many old fortifications and bastions, Baroque palaces, gardens and churches.

Sliema (meaning ‘Peace’ or ‘Comfort’), to the north of Marsamxett Harbour on the northeast coast is, with neighbouring St. Julian’s, Malta’s main coastal resort. It became a popular summer resort for well-to-do residents of Valletta as far back as the second half of the 19th century. It offers the seafront, swimming pools and great views of Valletta.