DESTINATION VALLETTA: Attractions & Culture

CASA ROCCA Casa Rocca Piccola is the lived-in home of the de Piro family, an ancient Maltese lineage. The history of Casa Rocca Piccola goes back over 400 years to an era in which the Knights of St John, having successfully fought off the invading Turks in 1565, decided to build themselves a prestigious city to rival other European capitals ...

GRAND HARBOUR Grand Harbour (Il-Port il-Kbir) is a natural harbour on the island of Malta. It has been used as a harbour since at least Phoenician times. The natural harbour has been greatly improved with extensive docks and wharves, and has been massively fortified. Grand Harbour was the base for the Knights of St John for 268 years ...

GRANDMASTER'S PALACE The Grandmaster's Palace is a palace erected in Valletta, Malta, in 1571, currently housing the House of Representatives of Malta and the office of the President of Malta. Furthermore it is an heritage site runned by Heritage Malta, therefore it is both a representative in use building and a cultural site at one time ...

MANOEL THEATRE The Manoel Theatre (Teatru Manoel, in Maltese) is reputed to be Europe's third-oldest working theatre, and the oldest working theatre in the Commonwealth of Nations. Located on Old Theatre Street in Valletta, it is now Malta's National Theatre and home to the Malta Philharmonic Orchestra ...

ST. JOHN'S CO-CATHEDRAL St. Johns Co-Cathedral, located in Valletta, Malta, was built by the Knights of Malta between 1573 and 1578, having been commissioned in 1572 by Grand Master Jean de la Cassiere as the conventual church of the Order of the Knights Hospitaller of St John, known as the Knights of Malta ...

Discover VALLETTA Valletta is the capital of the island nation of Malta. A harbour city, Valletta preserves much of its 16th century architectural heritage built under the Hospitallers. Valletta has recently been listed by UNESCO as part of the World Heritage. The official name the Order gave to the city was Humillima Civitas Valletta - a city bound to humility ...

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