City of Valletta

World Heritage
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The Maltese capital is inextricably linked to the military and philanthropic history of the Knights of St. John of Jerusalem. It was ruled by the Phoenicians, Greeks, Carthaginians, Romans, Byzantines, Arabs and the Knights of St. John. With 320 monuments located within 55 hectares, Valletta has one of the highest concentrations of historic sites in the world.

Early morning in 1967 on the notorious Strait Street known to generations of British Servicemen (esp...

Turner's depiction of the Grand Harbour, National Museum of Fine Arts

Grandmaster's Palace

Satellite view of Valletta between its two harbours

The Ottoman army bombs the Knights' Three Cities from the peninsula of Sciberras during the 1565 Gre...

Renzo Piano's Parliament House

Valletta harbour around 1850, photo by Calvert Jones

Auberge de Castille at night

Former mural at Is-Suq tal-Belt illustrating the city's construction

The nave of Saint John's Co-Cathedral

Valletta and the Grand Harbour around 1801

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Information extracted from Wikidata

Dewey Decimal Classification 2--4585
U.S. National Archives Identifier 10044726
OmegaWiki Defined Meaning 364492
WOEID 483559
start time 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z
official name Belt Valletta
category for people born here Category:Salamanca
category for people who died here Category:Deaths in Valletta
native label Belt Valletta
category of associated people Category:People from Valletta
elevation above sea level 56
area 80
history of topic history of Valletta
World Heritage criteria World Heritage selection criterion (i)
World Heritage criteria World Heritage selection criterion (vi)
geoshape http://commons.wikimedia.org/data/main/Data:Malta/Valletta.map
named as Valletta
uses 4119358-1
image http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Malta%2C%202010%20-%20panoramio%20-%20Bengt%20Nyman%20%2823%29.jpg
instance of Union for a Popular Movement
flag image http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Flag%20of%20Valletta%2C%20Malta.svg
shares border with Floriana
coat of arms image http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Valletta%20coa.svg
twinned administrative body Siege of Oviedo
twinned administrative body Nobile Contrada dell'Aquila
located in or next to body of water Mediterranean Sea
locator map image http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Valletta-map.svg
Danish urban area code MT-60
executive body Valletta
location of creation Valletta
U.S. National Archives Identifier 10044726
WOEID 483559
IPA transcription 1895510
IPA transcription 5298407
industry Valletta
number of rooms lccn-n81103153
office held by head of the organization http://g.co/kg/m/0ftns
postal code VLT
ISO 3166-2 code MT-60
Commons category Valletta
local dialing code 356
inception 1566-01-01T00:00:00Z
coordinate location Point(14.5125 35.897777777)
named as Valletta (Malta)
official website http://www.cityofvalletta.org
topic's main category Category:Valletta
Commons gallery Valletta
page banner http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Valletta%20banner%20View%20from%20Senglea.jpg

population 5719
point in time 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z
population 6444
point in time 2014-03-31T00:00:00Z
demonym Valettine
applies to part feminine singular
demonym Valettin
applies to part masculine singular
head of government Alexiei Dingli
start time 2008-06-09T00:00:00Z
award received European Capital of Culture
point in time 2018-01-01T00:00:00Z