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The Maltese (Maltese: Maltin) people are an ethnic group native to Malta who speak Maltese, a Semitic language and share a common culture and Maltese history.Malta, an island country in the Mediterranean Sea, is an archipelago that also includes an island of the same name together with the islands of Gozo (Maltese: Għawdex) and Comino (Maltese: Kemmuna); people of Gozo, Gozitans (Maltese ...
Engraving by William Turner Davey, 1844, from Landseer's painting The Lion Dog of Malta Long-haired Maltese groomed for showing. Maltese dog refers both to an ancient variety of dwarf, white-coated dog breed from Italy [1] and generally associated also with the island of Malta, and to a modern breed of similar dogs in the toy group, genetically related to the Bichon, Bolognese, and Havanese ...
This is a list of notable Maltese people including those not born in, or current residents of, Malta; they are Maltese nationals This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.
Sun on a black background. 1993—Present: Santa Venera (village) Red flag with a white bar, and three red fleur de lys on the bar. The fleur de lys come from the arms of Grandmaster Alof de Wignacourt. 1993—2001: Siġġiewi – Città Ferdinand (city) A white background with a single red bar in the middle and a gold cross on the bar. 2001 ...
A French-language animated film, Corto Maltese, la cour secrète des arcanes adapting Corto Maltese in Siberia, was released in 2002. Also in 2002, Canal + produced a series of Corto Maltese adventures for television, adapting the stories The Ballad of the Salty Sea, Under the Sign of Capricorn, Celtic Tales and The Golden House of Samarkand.
The fortifications of Valletta (Maltese: Is-Swar tal-Belt Valletta) are a series of defensive walls and other fortifications which surround Valletta, the capital city of Malta. The first fortification to be built was Fort Saint Elmo in 1552, but the fortifications of the city proper began to be built in 1566 when it was founded by Grand Master ...
The country's official languages are Maltese and English; the former is the national language and the latter a legacy from Malta's period as a British colony. Malta gained independence in 1964 and is, as of 2017, a member of the Commonwealth of Nations , as well as the European Union , which it joined in 2004.