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| Sotiris Blatsis | profile | all galleries >> The Travel Photography - here, there and everywhere >> It's a small World >> Malta: a mid-Mediterranean jewel >> Around the island and Valletta: History from Megalithic to Medieval Ages | tree view | thumbnails | slideshow |
 Sky view |
 Overlooking the eastern part |
 The Mosta Dome |
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 Dome analogy |
 Grotto of St Paul in Rabat |
 Peeping to the Dingli Cliffs |
 A leg on the Blue Grotto |
 Ħaġar Qim temple... |
 ...a megalithic monument since 3600 BC. |
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 A phallic symbol? |
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 Mnajdra temple, just five minutes walk away |
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 Marsaxlokk fishing village... |
 ...with a harbour packed with luzzu, the traditional fishing boats. |
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 Who said boats don't have a face? |
 Filigree craftswomanship |
 Mastering the glass |
 A typical three-hundred-years old Maltese house... |
 ...with its atrium... |
 ...a cave-like dining room... |
 ...all nicely decorated. |
 Stop over the Marsa shipyards |
 Senglea, one of the Three Cities |
 The Vittoriosa marina |
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 1722 AD |
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 Vittoriosa (Birgu) celebrates |
 Not the nicest view for the doggie |
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 In the narrow streets of Vittoriosa |
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 Vittoriosa main square |
 All Maltese to me |
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 Maritime Museum |
 The suspended step |
 A Senglea view from Vittoriosa opposite |
 Sea shortcut to Valletta |
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 Valletta East |
 Valletta West |
 Not all buildings restored... |
 ...in the Valletta Waterfront. |
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 Valletta City Gate |
 Republic Street, the main axis |
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 Republic Square |
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 Greek motto on a Maltese educational institution |
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 San Ġorġ Preca, the first Maltese Saint |
 The Grandmaster's Palace |
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 The inside yard |
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 The State Apartments |
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 Insignia |
 The Armoury Corridor |
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 Tight chest... |
 ...strong shoulders. |
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 Northwestern corner |
 St John's Co-Cathedral... |
 ...one of the most impressive churches in the world. |
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 Beheading of St John the Baptist - c 1608 by Caravaggio |
 Strolling at the Lower Barrakka Gardens |
 St Christopher's Bastion |
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 The Three Cities as viewed from the Upper Barrakka Gardens |
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 Auberge de Castille... |
 ...quite large for a Prime Minister's Office. |
 The Triton Fountain |
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