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The Megalithic Temples of Malta ( Maltese: It-Tempji Megalitiċi ta' Malta) are several prehistoric temples, some of which are UNESCO World Heritage Sites, [ 1] built during three distinct periods approximately between 3600 BC and 2500 BC on the island country of Malta. [ 2] They had been claimed as the oldest free-standing structures on Earth ...
St John's Co-Cathedral (Maltese: Kon-Katidral ta' San Ġwann) is a Catholic co-cathedral in Valletta, Malta, dedicated to Saint John the Baptist.It was built by the Order of St. John between 1573 and 1578, [2] having been commissioned by Grand Master Jean de la Cassière as the Conventual Church of Saint John (Maltese: Knisja Konventwali ta' San Ġwann).
Public holidays. 1 January: New Year's Day ('L-Ewwel tas-Sena') 10 February: Feast of Saint Paul 's Shipwreck in Malta ('Nawfraġju ta' San Pawl') - Saint Paul is the patron saint of Malta. 19 March: Feast of Saint Joseph ('San Ġużepp')
A procession on Christmas Eve is a common part of Christmas celebrations in Malta. The tradition originates in a procession led by Saint George Preca ( Maltese: Dun Ġorġ) in Hamrun in 1921, and spread across the island over the next two decades. [1] In order to curtail mishaps of crowd impacting, spectators are encouraged to watch the ...
www .orderofmalta .int. The Sovereign Military Order of Malta ( SMOM ), officially the Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem, of Rhodes and of Malta, [ a] and commonly known as the Order of Malta or the Knights of Malta, is a Catholic lay religious order, traditionally of a military, chivalric, and noble nature. [ 4]
Deal or No Deal (Maltese game show) Deal or No Deal. (Maltese game show) The Maltese version of Deal or No Deal began on October 1, 2007, on the national station of Malta, TVM. The prizes start from € 0.10, with the top prize being €25,000. The show is hosted by Pablo Micallef. [1]
The National Flag of Malta is defined in the Constitution and consists of two equal vertical stripes, white in the hoist and red in the fly, with a representation of the George Cross, edged with red, in the canton of the white stripe; the breadth of the flag is one and a half times its height. It was adopted when Malta became independent from ...
St. George's Basilica or the Basilica and Collegiate Parish Church of Saint George, also simply known as San Ġorġ in Maltese (Maltese pronunciation: [sɐn ˈd͡ʒɔrd͡ʒ]), is a historic Baroque church situated in the middle of Gozo, the second largest island in the Maltese archipelago, and is surrounded by a maze of old narrow streets and alleys.