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July 14, 2019

Abridged history of Valletta, Malta [Repost]

From its humble beginnings as a Phoenician watchtower upon the island’s peninsula jutting out into the Mediterranean, to the incredibly ornate city of Valletta, the location of the Maltese capital…..

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March 22, 2019

Knights of Malta: Order of Hospitallers [Repost]

Also known as the Knights Hospitaller, or simply the Hospitallers, the Order can originally trace its roots back as an offshoot of a Benedictine hospital established by Italian merchants in…..

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May 28, 2018

The decline of Ephesus [Repost]

After the destruction caused by the Goths in 263 CE the city lay in ruin for over a hundred years. Not until the reign of emperor Constantine I in 395…..

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January 28, 2018

Yerebatan Sarnici: What’s in a Name? [Repost]

Originally constructed between the 3rd and 4th centuries of the Early Roman Age as a commercial, legal, and artistic centre, the Basilica derives its name from the large public square…..

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February 11, 2017

Siege of Malta (Circa 1565 CE) [Repost]

After their loss of Rhodes in 1522 CE to the Ottomans, the Order would spend seven years on the road in search of a permanent home. Travelling through the kingdoms…..