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Main Street Shopping Centre, Antoine De Paule Square, Paola Orienti's Plaza, Republic Street, Victoria, Gozo The Park Towers Mall, G. Borg Olivier Street, Balluta Bay , St. Julian's
The Valletta Waterfront is run by a private consortium who offers management overseeing Malta's cruise liner business. The waterfront hosts roughly twelve restaurants, a number of bars and retail outlets. Various events are held at the area and the close vicinity, [10] such as the Malta Jazz Festival and the Malta Fireworks Festival. [11]
Runs via Mater Dei Hospital and University of Malta towards Valletta. May run via Iklin or Lija towards Valletta. 59 Valletta: Msida, Birkirkara, Naxxar, Mosta, Tarġa Gap, Qawra Buġibba 60 Valletta: Msida Sliema Savoy 61 Sliema Ferries: Msida Valletta May be one-way only. 62 Valletta: Msida, Sliema Ferries, St. Julian's: Paceville 63 Valletta
As Malta’s capital city, it is a commercial centre for shopping, bars, dining, and café life. It is also the southernmost capital of Europe, [4] [note 1] and at just 0.61 square kilometres (0.24 sq mi), it is the European Union's smallest capital city. [5] [6] Valletta's 16th-century buildings were constructed by the Knights Hospitaller.
Triq l-Indipendenza. In Malta, most of the main roads are in the outskirts of the localities to connect one urban area with another urban area. The most important roads are those that connect the south of the island with the northern part, like Tal-Barrani Road, Aldo Moro Street in Marsa (the widest road in Malta) and Birkirkara Bypass (the busiest road in Malta) [citation needed].
The original gate to Valletta was known as Porta San Giorgio, and was built during the reign of Grand Master Jean Parisot de Valette, after whom the city is named.Porta San Giorgio was possibly designed by Francesco Laparelli, the Italian military engineer who designed most of the fortifications of Valletta, or by his Maltese assistant Girolamo Cassar.
Malta is located east of its sister islands of Gozo and Comino. It lies on the Malta plateau, a shallow shelf formed from the high points of a land bridge between Sicily and North Africa that became isolated as sea levels rose after the last ice age. [5] Malta is therefore situated in the zone between the Eurasian and African tectonic plates. [6]
Victoria Gate (Maltese: Il-Bieb Victoria, Italian: Porta Victoria or Porta Vittoria) is a city gate in Valletta, Malta. It was built by the British in 1885, and was named after Queen Victoria . The gate is the main entrance into the city from the Grand Harbour area, which was once the busiest part of the city.