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Wardija is a hamlet in St. Paul's Bay, Malta, [1] about 363 feet above sea level. [2] Its name is corrupted from the Sicilian or Italian word guardia, meaning 'to watch'). [2] [3] Although the name of the hamlet has Arabic lexicons, it was probably named later when Maltese, then an Arabic dialect, remained a dominant language. [4]
The National Inventory of the Cultural Property of the Maltese Islands ( NICPMI) is a heritage register listing the cultural property of Malta. [1] The inventory includes properties such as archaeological sites, fortifications, religious buildings, monuments and other buildings. [2] The NICPMI is under the responsibility of the Superintendence ...
Cospicua or Bormla (Maltese, ), occasionally also known by the Latin name Cottonera, [citation needed] is a double-fortified harbour city in the Port Region of Malta.As Maleth (Phoenician: 𐤌𐤋𐤈, MLṬ), it served as the principal port of Phoenician Malta and, through Greek, Latin, and Arabic, may have given its name to the island and country.
The fortifications of Malta consist of a number of walled cities, citadels, forts, towers, batteries, redoubts, entrenchments and pillboxes.The fortifications were built over hundreds of years, from around 1450 BC to the mid-20th century, and they are a result of the Maltese islands' strategic position and natural harbours, which have made them very desirable for various powers.
Sites in Malta were first inscribed on the list at the 4th Session of the World Heritage Committee, held in Paris, France, in 1980. At that session, all three current sites were added to the list: the Ħal Saflieni Hypogeum, City of Valletta, and Ġgantija Temples. [3][4] In 1992, the temples of Ħaġar Qim, Mnajdra, Ta' Ħaġrat, Skorba, and ...
Palazzina Vincenti. Palazzo Fremaux. Categories: Residential buildings in Malta. Houses by country. Housing in Malta. Houses in Europe by country. Hidden category: Commons category link is on Wikidata.
Capital city of Gozo. City status granted on 10 June 1887 by Queen Victoria, following a petition made by Bishop Pietro Pace and Chief Justice Adrian Dingli on occasion of Victoria's Golden Jubilee. [6] Senglea. Città Invicta. 1565. 2784. One of the Three Cities. City status granted following the Great Siege of Malta in 1565.
Pietà is the suburb next-closest to the capital after Floriana. Malta's former national hospital, St. Luke's, is located in Tal-Pietà, and an old boathouse of notable historic interest, now in use as a restaurant, is located on the waterfront. The town is named after a Church of Our Lady of Sorrows dating back to the 17th and 18th centuries ...