Articles in English… COUNT ROGER OF HAUTEVILLE 5 Mar 20256 Nov 2025 COUNT ROGER in Southern Italy, Sicily & Malta Early life Roger of Hauteville was born in Normandy in 1031, the youngest son of Tancred de Hauteville and his wife Fressenda. Little is…
Articles in English… THE MALTESE MAXRABIJA 8 Jun 20238 Nov 2025 A * B * Ċ * C * D * E * F * Ġ * G * GĦ * H * Ħ * …
Folklor Malti… XOGĦOL fil-BINI 25 May 20238 Nov 2025 A * B * Ċ * C * D * E * F * Ġ * G * GĦ * H * Ħ * …
Articles in English… Malta’s Megalithic Temples – part 2 15 Mar 20238 Nov 2025 Symbolism in the Maltese Megalithic Temples Introduction There are on the Maltese islands some 26 megalithic sites, that are considered to having been built as places of worship, all dating…
Articles in English… Malta’s Megalithic Temples 18 Jan 202329 Apr 2024 MALTA’s MEGALITHIC TEMPLES - part 1 Why were they built? Introduction There are on the Maltese islands some 26 megalithic sites, that are known as having been used as places…
Folklor Malti… QWIEL ANTIKI 15 Nov 202226 Apr 2024 QWIEL ANTIKI Li għadhom jingħadu llum Dan l-aħħar ġietni l-kurżità nara kemm mill-qwiel li nafu preżentament imorru lura fil-passat. Biex nagħmel dan dort għal żewġ sorsi. Wieħed minn dawn hu, id-Damma…
maltese history… iċ-ĊITTADELLA – l-istorja tagħha 3 Nov 20229 Nov 2022 IĊ-ĊITTADELLA STORJA TA’ BELT-FORTIZZA Dik li llum ngħidulha ċ-Ċittadella fl-antik kienet magħrufa b’diversi ismijiet oħra, fosthom, il-Belt, l-Imdina, jew sempliċiment, is-Sur. Imbagħad m’mod x’aktarx uffiċjali kienet tissejjaħ wkoll, il Gran Castello. Illum…
Articles in English… MALTA in the 19th CENTURY 22 Sep 202226 Mar 2023 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 forced into…
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… 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…
Folklor Malti… Il-KARNIVAL fis-SEKLU 19 23 Feb 202227 Jun 2023 A * B * Ċ * C * D * E * F * Ġ * G * GĦ * H * Ħ * …
Feasts… Il-Presepju matul iż-żminijiet 16 Dec 202124 Nov 2024 Il-Presepju Malti matul iż-żminijiet L-ewwel immaġini tat-twelid ta’ Ġesù It-twelid ta’ Ġesù Kristu jissemma’ kemm fil-Vanġelu ta’ San Luqa kif ukoll f’dak ta’ San Mattew. Skont kif jixhdu…
Folklor Malti… Il-KATAKOMBI 26 Nov 202111 Mar 2022 IL-KATAKOMBI fil-Gżejjer Maltin Introduzzjoni F’Malta u Għawdex insibu kwantità kbira ta’ oqbra miġbura fl-imkien u li jinfdu ma’ xulxin b’passaġġi taħt l-art, li jmorru lura sal-perijodu Tardiv Ruman, jew inkella taż-Żmien Biżantin. B’mod…
Folklor Malti… TOMBLA, LOTTU u LOTTERIJI 18 Nov 202118 Apr 2024 Skont it-tradizzjoni popolari, il-logħba tat-tombla bdiet fl-1734 f’Napli, wara kwistjoni bejn ir-Re Karlu tal-Borboni u patri Dumnikan, Gregorio Maria Rocco, predikatur magħruf. Jingħad li r-Re Karlu ried li l-lottu jkun…
Folklor Malti… L-Umoriżmu fil-Qwiel Maltin 30 Sep 202122 Mar 2022 Fil-Malti jeżisti numru kbir ta’ qwiel, kull wieħed minnhom magħmul biex jagħti parir għal xi sitwazzjoni partikolari. Bosta minn dawn il-qwiel huma antiki sew u għaddew il-prova ta’ ġenerazzjonijiet sħaħ.…
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…
Folklor Malti… FRENĊ TAL-GĦARB (1892 – 1967) 3 Sep 20212 Sep 2022 FRENĊ TAL-GĦARB (1892 – 1967) Franġisku Saverju Mercieca, jew kif kien u għadu magħruf aħjar, Frenċ tal-Għarb, twieled fl-1892. Minn ċkunitu kien dejjem ħadem ta’ bidwi mal-familja tiegħu u meta kiber baqa’ jagħmel…
Folklor Malti… IL-PIKE – C. Colombos 20 Aug 202124 Feb 2022 COSTANTINO COLOMBOSIL-PIKEKultant fil-ħajja issib nies b’karattru li jispikka għall-kwalitajiet kariżmatiċi tagħhom, nies li ssir tħobbhom mill-ewwel għax iġibu ruħhom bi ħlewwa ma’ kull minn jagħmluha, nies b’umoriżmu inventiv li joħroġ…
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