Occurrence of Attributes in Original Text
The text related to the cultural heritage 'City of Valletta' has mentioned 'Jerusalem' in the following places:
Occurrence Sentence | Text Source |
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In his book Dellxe2x80x99Istoria della Sacra Religione et Illustrissima Militia di San Giovanni Gierosolimitano (English: The History of the Sacred Religion and Illustrious Militia of St John of Jerusalem), written between 1594 and 1602, Giacomo Bosio writes that when the cornerstone of Valletta was placed, a group of Maltese elders said: "Iegi zimen en fel wardia col sceber raba iesue uquie" (Which in modern Maltese reads, "Jixc4xa1i xc5xbcmien li fil-Wardija [l-Gxc4xa7olja Sciberras] kull xiber raba' jiswa uqija", and in English, "There will come a time when every piece of land on Sciberras Hill will be worth its weight in gold"). | WIKI |
Criterion (vi): The city is irrevocably affiliated with the history of the military and charitable Order of the Knights of St John of Jerusalem, which founded the city in 1566 and maintained it throughout two and a half centuries. | UNESCO |