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The text related to the cultural heritage 'City of Valletta' has mentioned 'Valletta' in the following places:
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| For other uses, see Valletta (disambiguation). | WIKI |
| Valletta Il-Belt VallettaCapital city and local councilFrom top: Skyline, Saluting Battery, Lower Barrakka Gardens, St. John's Co-Cathedral and the city walls FlagCoat of armsNickname(s):xc2xa0Il-BeltMotto(s):xc2xa0City Built By Gentlemen For GentlemenMap of the Maltese Archipelago with Valletta highlighted in redCoordinates: 35xc2xb053xe2x80xb254xe2x80xb3N 14xc2xb030xe2x80xb245xe2x80xb3Exefxbbxbf / xefxbbxbf35.89833xc2xb0N 14.51250xc2xb0Exefxbbxbf / 35.89833; 14.51250Coordinates: 35xc2xb053xe2x80xb254xe2x80xb3N 14xc2xb030xe2x80xb245xe2x80xb3Exefxbbxbf / xefxbbxbf35.89833xc2xb0N 14.51250xc2xb0Exefxbbxbf / 35.89833; 14.51250[1]CountryMaltaRegionSouth Eastern RegionDistrictSouth Harbour DistrictEstablished28 March 1566Capital city18 March 1571Founded byJean de Parisot ValetteBordersFlorianaGovernmentxc2xa0xe2x80xa2xc2xa0MayorAlfred Zammit (PL)Areaxc2xa0xe2x80xa2xc2xa0Capital city and local council0.61xc2xa0km2 (0.24xc2xa0sqxc2xa0mi)Elevation56xc2xa0m (184xc2xa0ft)Populationxc2xa0(Jan. 2019)xc2xa0xe2x80xa2xc2xa0Capital city and local council5,827xc2xa0xe2x80xa2xc2xa0Density9,600/km2 (25,000/sqxc2xa0mi)xc2xa0xe2x80xa2xc2xa0Urban355,000[3]xc2xa0xe2x80xa2xc2xa0Metro393,938[2]xc2xa0Highest Record Population (1875): 25,275Demonym(s)Belti (m), Beltija (f), Beltin (pl) or Vallettan (m), Vallettana (f), Vallettani (pl)Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)xc2xa0xe2x80xa2xc2xa0Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Postal codeVLTDialing code356ISO 3166 codeMT-60Patron saintsSt. | WIKI |
| Valletta (/vxc9x99xcbx88lxc9x9btxc9x99/, Maltese: il-Belt Valletta, Maltese pronunciation:xc2xa0[vxc9x90xcbx88lxcbx90xc9x9btxcbx90xc9x90]) is the capital city of Malta. | WIKI |
| [2] Valletta is second only to Nicosia as the southernmost capital of Europe,[5] and at just 0.61 square kilometres (61xc2xa0ha), it is the European Union's smallest capital city. | WIKI |
| Valletta's 16th-century buildings were constructed by the Knights Hospitaller. | WIKI |
| Valletta and the Grand Harbour around 1801 | WIKI |
| The city took his name and was called La Valletta. | WIKI |
| 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 |
| The city of Valletta was mostly completed by the early 1570s, and it became the capital on 18 March 1571 when Grand Master Pierre de Monte moved from his seat at Fort St Angelo in Birgu to the Grandmaster's Palace in Valletta. | WIKI |
| In Antoine de Paule's reign, it was decided to build more fortifications to protect Valletta, and these were named the Floriana Lines after the architect who designed them, Pietro Paolo Floriani of Macerata. | WIKI |
| [28] During Antxc3xb3nio Manoel de Vilhena's reign, a town began to form between the walls of Valletta and the Floriana Lines, and this evolved from a suburb of Valletta to Floriana, a town in its own right. | WIKI |
| In 1634, a gunpowder factory explosion killed 22 people in Valletta. | WIKI |
| [30] In 1749, Muslim slaves plotted to kill Grandmaster Pinto and take over Valletta, but the revolt was suppressed before it even started due to their plans leaking out to the Order. | WIKI |
| [34] After the Maltese rebelled, French troops continued to occupy Valletta and the surrounding harbour area, until they capitulated to the British in September 1800. | WIKI |
| Eventually building projects in Valletta resumed under British rule. | WIKI |
| The Malta Railway, which linked Valletta to Mdina, was officially opened in 1883. | WIKI |
| In 1939, Valletta was abandoned as the headquarters of the Royal Navy Mediterranean Fleet due to its proximity to Italy and the city became a flash point during the subsequent two-year long Siege of Malta. | WIKI |
| [37] German and Italian air raids throughout the Second World War caused much destruction in Valletta and the rest of the harbor area. | WIKI |
| Valletta harbour around 1850, photo by Calvert Jones 1853 King's Gate Royal Opera House in 1911 Bomb damage in Valletta during the Second World War | WIKI |
| In 1980, the 24th Chess Olympiad took place in Valletta. | WIKI |
| The entire city of Valletta has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1980, along with Megalithic Temples of Malta and the Hypogeum of xc4xa6al-Saflieni. | WIKI |
| [8][39] On 11 November 2015 Valletta hosted the Valletta Summit on Migration in which European and African leaders discussed the European migrant crisis. | WIKI |
| Valletta was the European Capital of Culture in 2018. | WIKI |
| Renzo Piano's Valletta City Gate (2014) Mediterranean Conference Centre, former Sacra Infermeria (2016) Renovated Tritonsxe2x80x99 Fountain (2018) Auberge d'Italie, renovated in 2016 to host the new MUxc5xbbA (Muxc5xbcew Nazzjonali tal-Arti) Renovated covered market Is-Suq tal-Belt, 2018 | WIKI |
| The Valletta Local Council was established by the Local Councils Act of 1993, along with the other local councils of Malta. | WIKI |
| The following people have served as Mayors of Valletta:[47] | WIKI |
| Valletta is the capital city of Malta,[51] and is the country's administrative and commercial hub. | WIKI |
| The courthouse and many government departments are also located in Valletta. | WIKI |
| Satellite view of Valletta between its two harbours | WIKI |
| The Valletta peninsula has two natural harbours, Marsamxett and the Grand Harbour. | WIKI |
| A cruise-liner terminal is located along the old seawall of the Valletta Waterfront that Portuguese Grandmaster Manuel Pinto da Fonseca built. | WIKI |
| Valletta features a hot-summer Mediterranean climate with hot, slightly long, dry summers and mild, wet winters, with an average temperature above 19xc2xa0xc2xb0C (66xc2xa0xc2xb0F). | WIKI |
| Valletta experiences a lack of precipitation during the summer months and most of the precipitation happens during the winter months. | WIKI |
| The official climate recording station in Malta is at Luqa Airport, which is a few miles inland from Valletta. | WIKI |
| The architecture of Valletta's streets and piazzas ranges from mid-16th century Baroque to Modernism. | WIKI |
| When Benjamin Disraeli, future British Prime Minister, visited the city in 1830, he described it as "a city of palaces built by gentlemen for gentlemen," and remarked that "Valletta equals in its noble architecture, if it does not excel, any capital in Europe," and in other letters called it "comparable to Venice and Cxc3xa1diz" and "full of palaces worthy of Palladio. | WIKI |
| Peninsula view of Valletta in the foreground and Fort Saint Elmo at the front | WIKI |
| Valletta contains a number of unofficial neighbourhoods, including:[64] | WIKI |
| It is regarded as the worst maintained area of Valletta. | WIKI |
| Aerial view showing the exterior and interior outlines of Valletta | WIKI |
| The Valletta Campus of the University of Malta is situated in the Old University Building. | WIKI |
| A church school, "St. Albert the Great", is also situated in Valletta. | WIKI |
| Valletta has been designated European Capital of Culture for 2018. | WIKI |
| The Valletta International Baroque Festival is held every year in January. | WIKI |
| Valletta is the scene of the Maltese Carnival, held in February leading up to Lent. | WIKI |
| [75] In 1823 the Valletta carnival was the scene of a human crush tragedy in which at least 110 boys perished. | WIKI |
| The feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel is celebrated on 16 July Saint Paul's feast is celebrated on 10 February Saint Dominic's feast is celebrated in Valletta on 4 August or before The feast of Saint Augustine is celebrated on the third Sunday after Easter The city's residents also conduct an annual procession in honour of St. Rita | WIKI |
| Valletta is twinned with:[77] | WIKI |
| Bus station at Valletta | WIKI |
| Malta's public transport system, which uses buses, operates mostly on routes to or from Valletta, with their central terminus just outside the city gate. | WIKI |
| Valletta is served by a fleet of electric taxis which transport riders from 10 points in Valletta to any destination in the city. | WIKI |
| Main page: Category:People from Valletta | WIKI |
| Valletta F.C. | WIKI |
| Association Football team and Futsal team Valletta Lions RFC Rugby Football Union team Valletta's Marsamxett Harbour a "Regatta" (Rowing) Team, which takes part in the annual traditional Regatta on Victory Day (8 September). | WIKI |
| Valletta United W.P.C., a Water Polo Club hailing from Marsamxett side Valletta V.C., a Volleyball club. | WIKI |
| Marsamxett Boxc4x8bxc4x8bi, a ''Boxc4x8bxc4x8bi'' Club from Marsamxett, Valletta. | WIKI |
| Valletta St. Paul's Boxc4x8bxc4x8bi, a ''Boxc4x8bxc4x8bi'' Club from L-Arxc4x8bipierku side, Valletta. | WIKI |
| Several chapters of Thomas Pynchon's postmodern novel V. take place in the city of Valletta. | WIKI |
| Much of Nicholas Rinaldi's novel The Jukebox Queen of Malta is set in Valletta. | WIKI |
| Several chapters of Patrick O'Brian's novel Treason's Harbour, the 9th in his Aubrey-Maturin series, are set in Valletta. | WIKI |
| A portion of Rick Riordan's novel The House of Hades is set in Valletta; here Jason Grace, Nico di Angelo, Piper McLean, Hazel Levesque and Frank Zhang reunite with their comrade Leo Valdez after Jason pilots their ship from the palace of Notus, god of the south wind, on the North African coast on a fast trip with Notus' storm spirits bound to the prow. | WIKI |
| Parts of Steven Spielberg's Academy Award nominee film Munich were shot in Valletta. | WIKI |
| [81] In the popular computer strategy game, Age of Empires III, Valletta and its surrounding areas are featured as the base of the main protagonist, Morgan Black, and is the setting for the first two levels of the game. | WIKI |
| Valletta is the birthplace of comic book character Corto Maltese, created by Italian artist Hugo Pratt. | WIKI |
| in Civilization V and Civilization VI Valletta is an independent City-State that players compete for influence over. | WIKI |
| "Valletta: A city in history" (PDF). | WIKI |
| Maltaxe2x80x99s capital Valletta is a fortified city located on a hilly peninsula between two of the finest natural harbours in the Mediterranean. | UNESCO |
| The Siege of Malta in 1565 captured the European imagination and mobilised the resources needed to create the new city of Valletta, founded soon after, in 1566. | UNESCO |
| Valletta is thus associated with the history of one of the greatest military and moral forces of modern Europe. | UNESCO |
| Despite the succession of eventful interludes that Valletta has witnessed since the departure of the Knights, resulting in frequent changes of use of many of the buildings they left behind, Valletta has remained the administrative and commercial epicentre of the island and is today Maltaxe2x80x99s capital. | UNESCO |
| Although these policies relate to the whole of Malta and Gozo, they have particular relevance to Valletta. | UNESCO |
| From 1995, the most significant buildings, monuments and features of Valletta were afforded statutory protection individually and collectively by means of a scheduling scheme. | UNESCO |
| In addition, the Maltese Government has established a number of national entities to ensure that its aims of conservation and rehabilitation of Valletta are achieved. | UNESCO |
| Valletta is a living city. | UNESCO |