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Valletta is the scene of the Maltese Carnival, held in February each year, leading up to Lent. [80] There were no carnival trucks in 2020 or 2021 due to the Covid-19 pandemic, but trucks returned in 2022. [citation needed] In 1823 the Valletta carnival was the scene of a human crush tragedy in which at least 110 boys perished. [81]
La Dolce Villa is a 2025 American romantic comedy film directed by Mark Waters. ... The film's trailer was released on January 22, 2025. [3]
La Borsa, also known as the Exchange Buildings, is a 19th-century building in Valletta, Malta, which houses The Malta Chamber of Commerce, Enterprise and Industry. [ 1 ] The site of La Borsa was originally occupied by a house which belonged to the Priory of Castile.
According to Eurostat, Malta is composed of two larger urban zones nominally referred to as "Valletta" (the main island of Malta) and "Gozo". The main urban area covers the entire main island, with a population of around 400,000. [172] [173] The core of the urban area, the greater city of Valletta, has a population of 205,768. [174]
Archaeological excavations carried out within St George's Square in 2009 revealed that the site was agricultural land before the city of Valletta was established in the 1560s. [8] The square was possibly formed during the magistracy of Hugues Loubenx de Verdalle , who was Grand Master between 1582 and 1595.
Casa Rocca Piccola was one of two houses built in Valletta by Admiral Don Pietro la Rocca. [8] It is referenced in maps of the time as "la casa con giardino" meaning, the house with the garden, as normally houses in Valletta were not allowed gardens. [9] Changes were made in the late 18th century to divide the house into two smaller houses.
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 ...
St John's Co-Cathedral (Maltese: Kon-Katidral ta' San Ġwann) is a Catholic co-cathedral in Valletta, Malta, dedicated to Saint John the Baptist.It was built by the Order of St. John between 1573 and 1578, [2] having been commissioned by Grand Master Jean de la Cassière as the Conventual Church of Saint John (Maltese: Knisja Konventwali ta' San Ġwann).