Articles in English… MALTA in the 19th CENTURY 22 Sep 202222 Sep 2022 BRITISH MALTA During the 19th century The early years The British hoisted the Union Jack for the first time in Malta at Bieb il-Bombi, Floriana, once the French were…
Articles in English… Medieval Malta 2 Sep 20226 Oct 2022 MALTA in MEDIEVAL TIMES Introduction - Early Medieval Times Malta’s medieval period is estimated to have spanned some 1,000 years, emanating some time around the mid-5th century AD.. By…
Articles in English… Valletta’s Porta Reale 4 Aug 202230 Aug 2022 VALLETTA'S PUTIRJAL On Thursday, March 28, 1565, at 11.18 a.m., Grand Master Jean Parisot de Valette, while surrounded by his entourage and in the presence of the bishop of Malta, laid…
Articles in English… How Coffee Gained Popularity in Malta 6 Jul 202230 Aug 2022 The History of Coffee in Malta The coffee plant knows its origins in Ethiopia. During the fifteenth century, the plant began to be cultivated in Yemen and Saudi Arabia where coffee was roasted…
Articles in English… EARTHQUAKES and TSUNAMIS 19 May 20222 Sep 2022 Earthquakes and Tsunamis in and around Malta It is not uncommon for earth tremors to be felt in the Maltese islands. Many pass unnoticed and are only registered by the University’s seismic measuring…
Articles in English… MALTA AS SEEN BY FOREIGNERS 28 Apr 202231 Aug 2022 MALTA as seen by foreigners Malta, located as it is in the centre of the Mediterranean served many a time as a haven that provided a momentary respite for voyagers…
Articles in English… Maltese food and the Christian Calendar 31 Mar 20222 Sep 2022 Maltese Food connected to the Catholic Calendar Introduction It is essential for all humans to nourish themselves daily in order to maintain their healthy state of being. However,…
Articles in English… The Inquisition in Malta 24 Mar 20222 Sep 2022 The Roman Inquisiton in Malta and its Palace in Birgu (Title page: Facade of the Inquisitor's Palace. Drawing dated to c. 1860). Introduction The Holy See in Rome established the…
Articles in English The Clock Tower of Birgu 10 Mar 202231 Aug 2022 Introduction In April 1942, the historic clock tower of Birgu (L-Arloġġ tal-Birgu), sustained heavy and irreparable damage during heavy bombing raids by enemy aircraft. What remained of it had to be dismantled…
Articles in English… CART RUTS 11 Feb 202213 Feb 2022 THE CART RUTS of Malta Among the large number of archaeological and prehistoric sites all over Malta and Gozo, none remain more mysterious than the fifty or so conglomerations of cart ruts,…
Articles in English… The COLD WAR and MALTA 2 Dec 202131 Aug 2022 The COLD WAR From Yalta to Malta Intro ... The many decades following the Second World War were years full of international political tension, caused mainly by the animosity…
Articles in English… The BATTLE of LEPANTO 7 Oct 20212 Feb 2022 Battle of Lepanto 1571 and the Order of St John Today is the 450th anniversary of the battle of Lepanto that took place on October 7, 1571. The battle…
Articles in English… THE GREAT SIEGE – 1565 7 Sep 20212 Feb 2022 How great was the Great Siege of 1565 ? The decision by the Sublime Porte to attack Malta was taken in October, 1564. By the early months of 1565, De…
Articles in English… NEO-CLASSICAL architecture in 19th century MALTA 18 Jun 20218 Aug 2022 Interest in Neo-classicism started in ernest as from the second half of the 18th century, especially after the discoveries of Pompeii and Herculaneum. All over Europe, but especially in Britain…
Articles in English… SEA TRANSPORT BETWEEN THE HARBOUR TOWNS (1830’s) 27 May 20212 Feb 2022 In his Histoire de Malte, (published in 1841), Dominique Miège, the French Consul for Malta, gives a detailed description of the sea borne communication system that existed in the Grand…
Articles in English… Transport in early British Malta (c. 1830 – 1840) 20 May 20212 Feb 2022 TRANSPORT in MALTA in the EARLY BRITISH PERIOD as recounted by Dominique Miège (1841) Dominique Miège was the resident French Consul to Malta in the early 1830's and must have…
Articles in English… How the Maltese made merry in the 19th century 29 Apr 20212 Feb 2022 Throughout the 19th century, the Maltese folk hardly had anything to feel happy about. What with a large percentage of them employed only sporadically, and hundreds others begging in…
Articles in English… MALTA’s BLITZ – APRIL 1942 9 Apr 20212 Feb 2022 MALTA’s WAR THE APRIL BLITZ OF 1942 The ‘Battle for Malta’ in World War II commenced on June 10, 1940, once Mussolini declared war on France and Britain. Malta, then a British…
Articles in English… Women in Maltese Folklore 31 Mar 20212 Feb 2022 WOMEN in MALTESE FOLKLORE Myth or Cultural Legacy by Rita Saliba * If we think of folklore as customs and traditions, it takes us back to distant times when…
Articles in English… CHURCHILL and MALTA 12 Mar 20212 Feb 2022 In his dispatch of 5 June 1941 to Malta’s Governor, General Dobbie, Churchill stated: ‘You may be sure we regard Malta as one of the master-keys of the British Empire’.…
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