Articles in English… Valletta’s Porta Reale 4 Aug 202226 Mar 2023 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 202226 Mar 2023 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 202226 Mar 2023 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 202226 Mar 2023 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 202226 Mar 2023 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, some of…
Articles in English… The Inquisition in Malta 24 Mar 202226 Mar 2023 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 202226 Mar 2023 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 202226 Mar 2023 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 20211 May 2025 The COLD WAR From Yalta to Malta Introduction The many decades following the Second World War were years full of international political tension, caused mainly by the animosity between…
Articles in English… The BATTLE of LEPANTO 7 Oct 202126 Mar 2023 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 202126 Mar 2023 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 202126 Mar 2023 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 202126 Mar 2023 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 202126 Mar 2023 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 202126 Mar 2023 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 202126 Mar 2023 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 202126 Mar 2023 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’.…
Articles in English… Lord Byron and Malta 5 Feb 202120 Apr 2024 Amongst the many illustrious visitors who set foot on Malta throughout the 19th century there were some very distinct men of letters. Whether their stay was a brief one or…
Articles in English… MAGI, KINGS or WISE MEN ? 24 Dec 202026 Mar 2023 A * B * Ċ * C * D * E * F * Ġ * G * GĦ * H * Ħ * …
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