History: The July 1551 Turkish attack on Gozo
About 5,000 people, the island’s entire population, were taken as slaves to Turkey. Most never returned.
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Watch: Secret tunnels, crypts, shelters, train station hidden under Valletta
But the most fascinating feature in underground Valletta remains the sewage system
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The lifting of the 1565 Siege of Malta – Joseph F. Grima
Many Maltese are under the false impression that, on September 8, 1565, a large relief force from Sicily arrived in Malta and the besieging Turks immediately fl
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The first days of the Great Siege of Malta
The world-famous François-Marie Arouet (1694-1778), known as Voltaire, wrote that “nothing is better known than the Siege of Malta”. It is a
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Valletta's two March anniversaries in 1566 and 1571
Valletta, rightly known as the “city built by gentlemen for gentlemen”, has a special affinity with the month of March. It was during this month tha
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