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Valletta blog
http://lavallette.blogspot.com/
The love of one Art Director for one World Heritage City, a magical place built by Knights in the 16th Century.
- Added on: Jan 23rd, 2008
- Country: United Kingdom
- Language: English
- Author: VallettaHouse
- Listed in: Travel History
- Tags: Culture accommodation history malta valletta
Recent Posts
Hearses with horses
Some time ago, in Sicily I noticed a funny thing happening when a funeral cortege passed by. Some of the male onlookers touched themselves - a superstitious habit that I have not noticed elsewhere. Not a thing of elegance, I'm sure. The Times of Malt...
The little shop of follies
"Cafe du Brazil" by EvilpainterThis morning I met my friend Frank who is managing director of Hugo's Tapas in St George's Bay, for a coffee in Birgu. The city is all set for the second village feast this month (don't ask me which patron saint this on...
Summer festa
.Anyone who's in Malta at this time of year will come across whole villages dressed to kill with elaborate banners and festoons, colourful lights and lovingly painted lifesize models of saints and angels that look down from pedestals made to look lik...
Gay Pride in Valletta
.This week sees various activities for DiversCity, culminating in the Pride March this Saturday. Pride March is about visibility. It's a celebration of diversity. It's there to voice the wish that same sex relationships are recognised by Maltese law....
Malta Arts Festival and Censorship
.It does not augur well for the annual Malta Arts Festival when the Arts Council decides to exclude an installation by artist Raphael Vella from a collective at 68 St Lucy Street. It is not the first instance that the Maltese islands have been in the...
Piano piano, quickly.
.Is Valletta finally getting the entrance that it deserves and in such a short period of time? The time line in the brief to world renowned architect Renzo Piano is completion in four years. A friend of mine was adamant that I should go visit the Mus...
