Travel Guide to Valletta, Malta

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The city of Valletta is the capital city of Malta, an island country located in the Mediterranean Sea. Valletta boasts with buildings from the 16th century, mainly with Baroque character containing elements of Mannerist, Neo-Classical and Modern architecture. The city was nicknamed Superbissima, meaning Most Proud due to the bastions, curtains, ravelins combined with the beauty of its Baroque palaces, gardens and churches.

What to see

• St John’s Co-Cathedral – formerly the Conventual Church of the Knights of Malta
• National Museum of Fine Arts – Rococo Palace dating back to late 1570’s
• Our Lady of Victories Church – built by the Knights of Malta, it is the first building in Valletta
• St Francis of Assisi Church – build in 1598 it was rebuild in 1681 by Grand Master Gegorio Carafe
• Magisterial Palace of the Grandmaster – currently

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