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Entrance to Fort St Elmo & National War Museum
The entrance to Fort St Elmo, named after the patron saint of mariners. The fort contains the stunning National War Museum.
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Kelinu Grima Maritime Museum
This charming museum contains fascinating ship models, relics and maritime memorabilia, collected by a primary school teacher over 65 years.
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House of Notary Bezzina
During the 1798 Mdina uprising against the French occupiers, the French commander Masson was lobbed to his death from the Bezzinas balcony.
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Church of St Mary
The Church of St Mary in Attard, designed by Tommaso Dingli and built between 1613 and 1616, is one of the finest Renaissance churches in Malta.
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Waterfront Market
The Sunday fish stalls are far outnumbered by the stalls of this daily market that mainly sells kitsch aimed at tour groups visiting the town.
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Mdina Experience
This film about Mdinas history of siege and embattlement with an attendant waxwork display of knights attempt to bring the towns past to life.
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Ras il
The western headland, 129m at its highest point, commands fantastic views and feels like the end of the world. Its home to an old radar station.
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Gantry House
The galleys of the Knights of St John were moored here while their masts were removed, using machinery mounted on the wall above the walkway.
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Church of St James
Severely damaged during the 1551 corsair raid on Gozo led by Sinam Baxar, this has been rebuilt many times, most recently in the 20th century.
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Karmni Grima Museum
In the former house of Carmela Grima, whose vision gave rise to the TaPinu shrine, theres a small museum that gives an insight into rural 19th-century life.
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Church of Our Lady of Lourdes
This 20th-century neo-Gothic church appears almost to hang over the village. Begun in 1924, a lack of funds meant that its construction was not completed until the 1970s.
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Malta 5D
The newest of Vallettas audiovisual evocations of the past, this 20-minute show enlivens Maltas history with 3D effects, smells, gusts of air and moving seats.
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Casa Testaferrata
The residence of the Marquis of San Vincenzo Ferreri, a member of the Maltese nobility. The title was created by King Philip V of Spain and donated to the family in 1716.
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Basilica of St George
The well-attended original parish church of Rabat dates from 1678, and the lavish interior contains a fine altarpiece of St George and the Dragon by Mattia Preti.
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Pjazza de Valette
This square was inaugurated in 2012 on the site of the former police station. Its dedicated to Grand Master Valette, and dominated by a new 2.5m-high statue of the Maltese hero.
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National Library
This grand classical edifice was the last building erected by the Knights. Its worth popping in to admire the booklined stacks, and there are occasional temporary exhibitions.
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Banca Giuratale
The semicircular baroque building at the western end of Pjazza Indipendenza is the Banca Giuratale, built in 1733 to house the city council; today it contains government offices.
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Rundle Gardens
The Rundle Gardens, south of Triq ir-Repubblika, were laid out around 1914 by General Sir Leslie Rundle (Governor of Malta, 1909–15), and are pleasant and shady for walking around.
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St James Cavalier
This 16th-century fortification has been transformed into a dazzling arts centre encompassing galleries, theatre and a cinema. Recent exhibitions have encompassed contemporary Libyan art.
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Vedette (Watchtower)
The vedette is decorated with carvings of eyes and ears, symbolising watchfulness, and commands a view to the west over the length of the Grand Harbour and southern flanks of Valletta.
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