Day 15 Back to Valletta 03 Old verandah in square

Day 15 Back to Valletta

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June 6th 2010
Today we returned to Valletta where we hoped to see the Grandmasters Palace and the armoury but they were both closed. We went for a walk down Merchants Street to the end of the harbour to Fort St Elmo. This is partially used as the police academy but I managed to get through a hole in the fence to get some unobscured shots of the fort and harbour. We then went to an audio visual presentatio ... read more

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Great Britain formally acquired possession of Malta in 1814. The island staunchly supported the UK through both World Wars and remained in the Commonwealth when it became independent in 1964. A decade later Malta became a republic. Since about the mi... ... read more