Valletta (/ v ə ˈ l ɛ t ʌ/ ; Maltese: il-Belt Valletta, lit. 'the city [of] Valletta', pronounced [ɪlˈbɛlt vɐˈlːɛtːɐ]), also known as Città Umilissima [3 ] (transl. the Humblest City) is the capital city of Malta and one of its 68 council…
Valletta, často nesprávně La Valletta (maltsky: il-Belt Valletta), je hlavní město ostrovního státu Malta ležící na východním pobřeží mezi zálivy Grand Harbour na jihu a Marsamxett Harbour v Jihovýchodním regionu.
When did Valletta become the capital of Malta?On 18 March 1571, Valletta succeeded Vittoriosa (and previously Mdina) as the capital city of Malta.What does Valletta mean?The name has no meaning as such. The name Valletta stems from the name of the founder of the city, Jean Parisot de Valette, who was Malta’s Grand Master (in the Order of the Knights of St John) from 1557 until he died in 1568.How was Valletta built?The narrow win over the Ottoman Empire in the Great Siege of 1565 proved that it would take a concerted effort to keep the strategic stronghold of Malta from falling into enemy hands. Built by the Knights of St. John, led by Jean Parisot de Valette, the foundation stone of Valletta was laid in 1566 by de Valette himself. With strong support from Pope Pius IV (who saw the importance of maintaining the island as a stronghold to defend Christendom), the city’s planning was based on a then-modern grid system of streets which would be easier to defend than traditional town planning with narrow streets.
Valletta, seaport and capital of Malta, on the northeast coast of the island of Malta. The nucleus of the city is built on the promontory of Mount Sceberras that runs like a tongue into the middle of a bay, which it thus divides into two…
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