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The editions of 1933-36 (printed in 1935) and 1937-39 (printed in 1939) were entitled "Libro della Nobiltà italiana" (Book of the Italian Nobility), removing the forbidden word d'oro (gold) from the title, and constituted the second series of the publication. [citation needed]
Saint Julian the Hospitaller [a] is a saint venerated in the Catholic Church [1] and Eastern Orthodox Church. [4] [5] He is the patron saint of the cities of Ghent, Belgium; Saint Julian's, Malta; and Macerata, Italy.
Recorded genealogy of the Barbaro family begins in 1121 with Marco, naval commander and creator of the modern coat of arms, [3]: 275 who changed his surname name from Magadesi to Barbaro. [4]: 12 [9]: 87 The Barbaro family was recognized as one of the leading families (Ottomati) of the Republic of Venice in the year 992.
The National Library of Malta (Maltese: Bibljoteka Nazzjonali ta' Malta), often known as the Bibliotheca (Maltese: Bibljoteka), is a reference library in Republic Square, Valletta, Malta. It was founded by Grand Master Emmanuel de Rohan-Polduc in 1776 out of the collections of the knight Louis Guérin de Tencin.
Coat of Arms of the Abela Family Chapel of Our Lady of Philermos. Giovanni Francesco Abela (1582–1655) was a Maltese noble who in the early 17th century wrote an important work on Malta, Della Descrittione di Malta isola nel Mare Siciliano: con le sue antichità, ed altre notizie, "description of Malta, island in the Sicilian sea, with its antiquities, and other information".
Hospitaller Malta, known in Maltese history as the Knights' Period (Maltese: Żmien il-Kavallieri, [3] [4] lit. ' Time of the Knights '), was a de facto state which existed between 1530 and 1798 when the Mediterranean islands of Malta and Gozo were ruled by the Order of St. John of Jerusalem.
Spinola Palace (Maltese: Palazz ta' Spinola; Italian: Palazzo Spinola), also known as Spinola House [2] and Villa Spinola, [3] is a palace in St. Julian's, Malta.It was built in the 17th century by Fra Paolo Rafel Spinola, a knight of the Order of St. John, and was enlarged in the 18th century.
His three great works, Vaganzi tas-Sajf (1962, Summer holidays), Boulevard (1964), and Menz (1967) were a great success. Vaganzi tas-Sajf, a play in three Acts, is one of his best known dramas, and has been translated into French, Italian and German, and published respectively in France, Italy, and Malta. Menz was performed in Spain, Tokyo and ...