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St Mary's Tower is a fortification on the island of Comino, an island in the Malta archipelago. It can readily be seen on the ferry crossing from Malta to Gozo. The tower was built by the Knights of Malta in 1618. In the 2002 film, The Count of Monte Cristo starring Jim Caviezel, St Mary's Tower was used to represent the prison Château d'If
The Megalithic Temples of Malta (Maltese: It-Tempji Megalitiċi ta' Malta) are several prehistoric temples, some of which are UNESCO World Heritage Sites, [1] built during three distinct periods approximately between 3600 BC and 2500 BC on the island country of Malta. [2]
After Malta became part of the British Empire in 1800, Neoclassical and Neo-Gothic architecture were introduced, and they were the predominant styles of the 19th century. [3] Several styles left an influence on Maltese architecture in the first half of the 20th century, including Art Nouveau , Art Deco , Italian futurism , rationalism and ...
The Phoenicians colonized Malta in around the 8th century BC, and they founded the city of Maleth on this plateau. [3] It was taken over by the Roman Republic in 218 BC, becoming known as Melite . The Punic-Roman city was about three times the size of present-day Mdina, extending into a large part of modern Rabat .
The earlier representation of a gallarija concerns the one that rounds the Old Theatre Street corner of the Grandmaster's Palace in Valletta, around the year 1675. In 1679 Sieur de Bachelier mentions in his description of the palace that “a glass-covered balcony joins all the rooms of this side of the building” [Old Theatre Street], and ...
St. Catherine's Old Church (Maltese: Knisja ta' Santa Katerina l-Antika), also known as St. Gregory's Church (Maltese: Knisja ta' San Girgor), is a Roman Catholic church in Żejtun. The church and its complex sit towards the outskirts of the town, commanding views over Marsascala Bay , St. Thomas' Bay and Marsaxlokk harbour .
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