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class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-References-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle References subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Citations" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Citations"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10.1</span> <span>Citations</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Citations-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Bibliography" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Bibliography"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10.2</span> <span>Bibliography</span> </div> </a> <ul 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mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B4%D0%B7%D1%96%D0%BD%D0%B0" title="Мдзіна – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="Мдзіна" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B0" title="Мдина – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Мдина" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mdina" title="Mdina – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Mdina" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/L-Imdina_(munisipyo_sa_Malta)" title="L-Imdina (munisipyo sa Malta) – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="L-Imdina (munisipyo sa Malta)" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mdina" title="Mdina – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Mdina" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-co mw-list-item"><a href="https://co.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medina_(Malta)" title="Medina (Malta) – Corsican" lang="co" hreflang="co" data-title="Medina (Malta)" data-language-autonym="Corsu" data-language-local-name="Corsican" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Corsu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mdina_a_Rabat_(Malta)" title="Mdina a Rabat (Malta) – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Mdina a Rabat (Malta)" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mdina" title="Mdina – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Mdina" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ary mw-list-item"><a href="https://ary.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%A9_(%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B7%D8%A7)" title="مدينة (مالطا) – Moroccan Arabic" lang="ary" hreflang="ary" data-title="مدينة (مالطا)" data-language-autonym="الدارجة" data-language-local-name="Moroccan Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>الدارجة</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mdina" title="Mdina – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Mdina" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9C%CE%BD%CF%84%CE%AF%CE%BD%CE%B1" title="Μντίνα – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Μντίνα" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mdina" title="Mdina – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Mdina" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medino_(Malto)" title="Medino (Malto) – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Medino (Malto)" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mdina" title="Mdina – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Mdina" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%AE%D8%B4_%D9%85%D8%AF%DB%8C%D9%86%D8%A7" title="بخش مدینا – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="بخش مدینا" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/L-Imdina" title="L-Imdina – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="L-Imdina" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%AF%80%EB%94%94%EB%82%98" title="므디나 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="므디나" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%84%D5%A4%D5%AB%D5%B6%D5%A1" title="Մդինա – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Մդինա" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mdina" title="Mdina – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Mdina" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mdina" title="Mdina – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Mdina" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mdina" title="Mdina – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Mdina" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9E%D7%93%D7%99%D7%A0%D7%94_(%D7%9E%D7%9C%D7%98%D7%94)" title="מדינה (מלטה) – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="מדינה (מלטה)" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medina_(Melita)" title="Medina (Melita) – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Medina (Melita)" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mdina" title="Mdina – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Mdina" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lmo mw-list-item"><a href="https://lmo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medina_(Malta)" title="Medina (Malta) – Lombard" lang="lmo" hreflang="lmo" data-title="Medina (Malta)" data-language-autonym="Lombard" data-language-local-name="Lombard" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lombard</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mdina" title="Mdina – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Mdina" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%98%D0%BC%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B0" title="Имдина – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Имдина" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mt mw-list-item"><a href="https://mt.wikipedia.org/wiki/L-Imdina" title="L-Imdina – Maltese" lang="mt" hreflang="mt" data-title="L-Imdina" data-language-autonym="Malti" data-language-local-name="Maltese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%87_(%D8%AA%D8%AC%D9%85%D8%B9_%D8%B3%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%81%D9%89_%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B7%D8%A7)" title="مدينه (تجمع سكان فى مالطا) – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="مدينه (تجمع سكان فى مالطا)" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mdina" title="Mdina – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Mdina" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A4%E3%83%A0%E3%83%87%E3%82%A3%E3%83%BC%E3%83%8A" title="イムディーナ – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="イムディーナ" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mdina" title="Mdina – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Mdina" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pms mw-list-item"><a href="https://pms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mdina" title="Mdina – Piedmontese" lang="pms" hreflang="pms" data-title="Mdina" data-language-autonym="Piemontèis" data-language-local-name="Piedmontese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Piemontèis</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mdina" title="Mdina – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Mdina" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mdina" title="Mdina – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Mdina" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mdina" title="Mdina – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Mdina" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B0" title="Мдина – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Мдина" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sco mw-list-item"><a href="https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mdina" title="Mdina – Scots" lang="sco" hreflang="sco" data-title="Mdina" data-language-autonym="Scots" data-language-local-name="Scots" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Scots</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-scn mw-list-item"><a href="https://scn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mdina" title="Mdina – Sicilian" lang="scn" hreflang="scn" data-title="Mdina" data-language-autonym="Sicilianu" data-language-local-name="Sicilian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sicilianu</span></a></li><li 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class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">35.88583°N 14.40306°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">35.88583; 14.40306</span></span></span></a></span></span></div></div> </div> <div id="siteSub" class="noprint">From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</div> </div> <div id="contentSub"><div id="mw-content-subtitle"></div></div> <div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">City in the Northern Region of Malta</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 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For other uses, see <a href="/wiki/Silent_City_(disambiguation)" class="mw-disambig" title="Silent City (disambiguation)">Silent City (disambiguation)</a>.</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">City and Local council in Northern Region, Malta</div><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) 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.infobox-header,.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .mergedtoprow .infobox-data,.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .mergedtoprow .infobox-label,.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .mergedtoprow .infobox-below{border-top:1px solid #a2a9b1;padding:0.4em 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .mergedrow .infobox-full-data,.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .mergedrow .infobox-data,.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .mergedrow .infobox-label{border:0;padding:0 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .mergedbottomrow .infobox-full-data,.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .mergedbottomrow .infobox-data,.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .mergedbottomrow .infobox-label{border-top:0;border-bottom:1px solid #a2a9b1;padding:0 0.6em 0.4em 0.6em}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .maptable{border:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .infobox-header,.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .infobox-below{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .infobox-above{font-size:125%;line-height:1.3em}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .infobox-subheader{background-color:#cddeff;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-native{font-weight:normal;padding-top:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-other-name{font-size:78%}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-official{font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-caption{padding:0.3em 0 0 0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-caption-link{padding:0.2em 0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-nickname{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-fn{font-weight:normal;display:inline}</style><table class="infobox ib-settlement vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above"><div class="fn org">Mdina</div> <div class="nickname ib-settlement-native"><span title="Maltese-language text"><i lang="mt">L-Imdina</i></span> <span class="languageicon" style="font-size:100%; font-weight:normal">(<a href="/wiki/Maltese_language" title="Maltese language">Maltese</a>)</span></div><div class="nickname ib-settlement-other-name">Città Notabile, Città Vecchia<br />Ann, Melite, Melita</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><div class="category">City and <a href="/wiki/Local_councils_of_Malta" title="Local councils of Malta">Local council</a></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1273380762/mw-parser-output/.tmulti">.mw-parser-output .tmulti .multiimageinner{display:flex;flex-direction:column}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .trow{display:flex;flex-direction:row;clear:left;flex-wrap:wrap;width:100%;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .tsingle{margin:1px;float:left}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .theader{clear:both;font-weight:bold;text-align:center;align-self:center;background-color:transparent;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .thumbcaption{background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .text-align-left{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .tmulti 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tnone center"><div class="multiimageinner" style="width:272px;max-width:272px;border:none"><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:270px;max-width:270px"><div style="border:1;;height:178px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Malta_-_Mdina_(Triq_San_Oswald)_02_ies.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/Malta_-_Mdina_%28Triq_San_Oswald%29_02_ies.jpg/330px-Malta_-_Mdina_%28Triq_San_Oswald%29_02_ies.jpg" decoding="async" width="268" height="179" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/Malta_-_Mdina_%28Triq_San_Oswald%29_02_ies.jpg/500px-Malta_-_Mdina_%28Triq_San_Oswald%29_02_ies.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/Malta_-_Mdina_%28Triq_San_Oswald%29_02_ies.jpg/960px-Malta_-_Mdina_%28Triq_San_Oswald%29_02_ies.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5616" data-file-height="3744" /></a></span></div></div></div><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:142px;max-width:142px"><div style="border:1;;height:93px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Malta_-_Mdina_-_Pjazza_San_Pawl_%2B_St._Paul%27s_Cathedral_ex_01_ies.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Malta_-_Mdina_-_Pjazza_San_Pawl_%2B_St._Paul%27s_Cathedral_ex_01_ies.jpg/140px-Malta_-_Mdina_-_Pjazza_San_Pawl_%2B_St._Paul%27s_Cathedral_ex_01_ies.jpg" decoding="async" width="140" height="93" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Malta_-_Mdina_-_Pjazza_San_Pawl_%2B_St._Paul%27s_Cathedral_ex_01_ies.jpg/210px-Malta_-_Mdina_-_Pjazza_San_Pawl_%2B_St._Paul%27s_Cathedral_ex_01_ies.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Malta_-_Mdina_-_Pjazza_San_Pawl_%2B_St._Paul%27s_Cathedral_ex_01_ies.jpg/280px-Malta_-_Mdina_-_Pjazza_San_Pawl_%2B_St._Paul%27s_Cathedral_ex_01_ies.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5616" data-file-height="3744" /></a></span></div></div><div class="tsingle" style="width:126px;max-width:126px"><div style="border:1;;height:93px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Malta-Mdina-Gate.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Malta-Mdina-Gate.jpg/124px-Malta-Mdina-Gate.jpg" decoding="async" width="124" height="93" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Malta-Mdina-Gate.jpg/186px-Malta-Mdina-Gate.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Malta-Mdina-Gate.jpg/248px-Malta-Mdina-Gate.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3264" data-file-height="2448" /></a></span></div></div></div><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:147px;max-width:147px"><div style="border:1;;height:96px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Mdina-palazzo-santa-sofia.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Mdina-palazzo-santa-sofia.JPG/145px-Mdina-palazzo-santa-sofia.JPG" decoding="async" width="145" height="97" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Mdina-palazzo-santa-sofia.JPG/218px-Mdina-palazzo-santa-sofia.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Mdina-palazzo-santa-sofia.JPG/290px-Mdina-palazzo-santa-sofia.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3200" data-file-height="2134" /></a></span></div></div><div class="tsingle" style="width:121px;max-width:121px"><div style="border:1;;height:96px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Natural_History_Museum_Mdina_(6810109710).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Natural_History_Museum_Mdina_%286810109710%29.jpg/119px-Natural_History_Museum_Mdina_%286810109710%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="119" height="96" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Natural_History_Museum_Mdina_%286810109710%29.jpg/179px-Natural_History_Museum_Mdina_%286810109710%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Natural_History_Museum_Mdina_%286810109710%29.jpg/238px-Natural_History_Museum_Mdina_%286810109710%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3920" data-file-height="3164" /></a></span></div></div></div></div></div><div class="ib-settlement-caption">From top: Skyline, <a href="/wiki/St_Paul%27s_Cathedral,_Mdina" title="St Paul's Cathedral, Mdina">Cathedral</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mdina_Gate" title="Mdina Gate">Main Gate</a>, <a href="/wiki/Palazzo_Santa_Sofia" title="Palazzo Santa Sofia">Palazzo Santa Sofia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Palazzo_Vilhena" class="mw-redirect" title="Palazzo Vilhena">Palazzo Vilhena</a></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data maptable"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1028600610">.mw-parser-output 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class="infobox-full-data">Nickname: <div class="ib-settlement-nickname nickname">The Silent City</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Mdina_in_Malta.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/Mdina_in_Malta.svg/250px-Mdina_in_Malta.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="233" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/Mdina_in_Malta.svg/500px-Mdina_in_Malta.svg.png 1.5x" data-file-width="773" data-file-height="719" /></a></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238443738">.mw-parser-output .locmap .od{position:absolute}.mw-parser-output .locmap .id{position:absolute;line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .locmap .l0{font-size:0;position:absolute}.mw-parser-output .locmap 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Relief_Map_of_Mediterranean_Sea.png/250px-Relief_Map_of_Mediterranean_Sea.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="123" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Relief_Map_of_Mediterranean_Sea.png/375px-Relief_Map_of_Mediterranean_Sea.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Relief_Map_of_Mediterranean_Sea.png/500px-Relief_Map_of_Mediterranean_Sea.png 2x" data-file-width="1754" data-file-height="862" /></a></span><div class="od notheme" style="top:63.759%;left:43.239%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-3px;top:-3px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Mdina"><img alt="Mdina" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/6px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="6" height="6" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/9px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, 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aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">35°53′9″N</span> <span class="longitude">14°24′11″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">35.88583°N 14.40306°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">35.88583; 14.40306</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_sovereign_states" title="List of sovereign states">Country</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Flag_of_Malta.svg/23px-Flag_of_Malta.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Flag_of_Malta.svg/35px-Flag_of_Malta.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Flag_of_Malta.svg/45px-Flag_of_Malta.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Malta" title="Malta">Malta</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Regions_of_Malta" title="Regions of Malta">Region</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Northern_Region,_Malta" title="Northern Region, Malta">Northern Region</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Districts_of_Malta" title="Districts of Malta">District</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Districts_of_Malta#Western_District" title="Districts of Malta">Western District</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Established</th><td class="infobox-data"><abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 8th century BC</span> as Ann<br /><abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 11th century AD</span> as Mdina</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Borders</th><td class="infobox-data"><b></b><a href="/wiki/Attard" title="Attard">Attard</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mtarfa" title="Mtarfa">Mtarfa</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rabat,_Malta" title="Rabat, Malta">Rabat</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Government<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/List_of_mayors_of_places_in_Malta" title="List of mayors of places in Malta">Mayor</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Peter Sant Manduca (<a href="/wiki/Nationalist_Party_(Malta)" title="Nationalist Party (Malta)">PN</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">0.9 km<sup>2</sup> (0.3 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(Aug. 2023)</div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">250</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data">280/km<sup>2</sup> (720/sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Demonym" title="Demonym">Demonym(s)</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Midjan (<a href="/wiki/Grammatical_gender" title="Grammatical gender">m</a>), Midjana (<a href="/wiki/Grammatical_gender" title="Grammatical gender">f</a>), Midjani (<a href="/wiki/Plural" title="Plural">pl</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%2B1" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC+1">UTC+1</a> (<a href="/wiki/Central_European_Time" title="Central European Time">CET</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"> • Summer (<a href="/wiki/Daylight_saving_time" title="Daylight saving time">DST</a>)</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%2B2" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC+2">UTC+2</a> (<a href="/wiki/Central_European_Summer_Time" title="Central European Summer Time">CEST</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Postal_codes_in_Malta" title="Postal codes in Malta">Postal code</a></th><td class="infobox-data adr"><div class="postal-code">MDN</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_country_calling_codes" class="mw-redirect" title="List of country calling codes">Dialing code</a></th><td class="infobox-data">356</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/ISO_3166" title="ISO 3166">ISO 3166 code</a></th><td class="infobox-data nickname">MT-29</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Religion_in_Malta#Patron_Saints" title="Religion in Malta">Patron saints</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Saint_Peter" title="Saint Peter">St. Peter</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Paul_the_Apostle" title="Paul the Apostle">St. Paul</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Our_Lady_of_Mount_Carmel" title="Our Lady of Mount Carmel">Our Lady of Mount Carmel</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Public_holidays_in_Malta#Traditional_Feasts" title="Public holidays in Malta">Day of festa</a></th><td class="infobox-data">29 June<br />4th Sunday of July</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below">Buses 50, 51, 52, 53, 56 from <a href="/wiki/Malta_bus" class="mw-redirect" title="Malta bus">Valletta terminus</a>, stop at bus stop named "Rabat 3"<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Mdina</b> (<a href="/wiki/Maltese_language" title="Maltese language">Maltese</a>: <i lang="mt">L-Imdina</i> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="mt-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Maltese" title="Help:IPA/Maltese">[lɪmˈdiːnɐ]</a></span>; <a href="/wiki/Italian_language" title="Italian language">Italian</a>: <i lang="it">Medina</i>), also known by its Italian epithets <b><span title="Italian-language text"><span lang="it" style="font-style: normal;">Città Vecchia</span></span></b> ("Old City") and <b><span title="Italian-language text"><span lang="it" style="font-style: normal;">Città Notabile</span></span></b> ("Notable City"), is a <a href="/wiki/Fortifications_of_Mdina" title="Fortifications of Mdina">fortified</a> city in the <a href="/wiki/Northern_Region,_Malta" title="Northern Region, Malta">Northern Region</a> of <a href="/wiki/Malta" title="Malta">Malta</a> which served as the island's former capital, from antiquity to the medieval period. The city is still confined within its walls, and has a population of 250.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A natural <a href="/wiki/Redoubt" title="Redoubt">redoubt</a>, the area of the city has been inhabited since prehistory. A <a href="/wiki/Phoenicia" title="Phoenicia">Phoenician</a> <a href="/wiki/Phoenician_colonization" class="mw-redirect" title="Phoenician colonization">colony</a> known as Ann (<a href="/wiki/Phoenician_language" title="Phoenician language">Phoenician</a>: <span lang="phn" dir="rtl">𐤀𐤍𐤍‎</span>, <span class="smallcaps"><span style="font-variant: small-caps; text-transform: lowercase;">ʾNN</span></span>) was established around the <span class="nowrap">8th century BC,</span> sharing its name with the island and presumably acting as its capital. During the <a href="/wiki/Punic_Wars" title="Punic Wars">Punic Wars</a>, the town was acquired by the <a href="/wiki/Roman_Republic" title="Roman Republic">Romans</a> and renamed <a href="/wiki/Melita_(ancient_city)" class="mw-redirect" title="Melita (ancient city)">Melita</a> (<a href="/wiki/Ancient_Greek_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Ancient Greek language">Ancient Greek</a>: <span lang="grc">Μελίτη</span>, <span title="Ancient Greek (to 1453)-language romanization"><i lang="grc-Latn">Melítē</i></span>) after the Greek and <a href="/wiki/Latin_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Latin language">Latin</a> name for the island, probably taken from the Punic port at <a href="/wiki/Cospicua" title="Cospicua">Cospicua</a> on the <a href="/wiki/Grand_Harbour" title="Grand Harbour">Grand Harbour</a>. Greco-Roman Melite was larger than present-day Mdina. It was reduced to its present size during the period of <a href="/wiki/Byzantine_Malta" title="Byzantine Malta">Byzantine</a> or <a href="/wiki/History_of_Islam_in_southern_Italy" title="History of Islam in southern Italy">Arab rule</a>. Following a 9th-century massacre, the area was largely uninhabited until its refounding in the 11th century as <span title="Arabic-language romanization"><i lang="ar-Latn">Madīnah</i></span>, from which the town's current name derives. Mdina then continued to serve as the capital of Malta until the arrival of the <a href="/wiki/Knights_Hospitaller" title="Knights Hospitaller">Order of St. John</a> in 1530, who used <a href="/wiki/Birgu" title="Birgu">Birgu</a> instead. Mdina experienced a period of decline over the following centuries, although it saw a revival in the early 18th century during which several <a href="/wiki/Baroque_architecture" title="Baroque architecture">Baroque</a> buildings were erected. </p><p>Largely maintaining its medieval character, Mdina remained the centre of the Maltese nobility and religious authorities and property continues to largely be passed down from families and from generation to generation. It never regained its pre-1530 importance, however, giving rise to the popular nickname the "Silent City" by both locals and visitors.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Mdina is on the tentative list of <a href="/wiki/UNESCO" title="UNESCO">UNESCO</a> <a href="/wiki/World_Heritage_Site" title="World Heritage Site">World Heritage Sites</a>, and it is now one of the main tourist attractions in Malta.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Etymology">Etymology</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mdina&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Etymology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The name of the city derives from the <a href="/wiki/Arabic" title="Arabic">Arabic</a> word <span title="Arabic-language romanization"><i lang="ar-Latn">madīnah</i></span> (<style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1227789315">.mw-parser-output .script-arabic{font-family:"Scheherazade New","SF Arabic",Amiri,"Noto Naskh Arabic","Droid Arabic Naskh","Noto Sans Arabic","Sakkal Majalla","Harmattan","Arabic Typesetting","Arabic Transparent","Times New Roman",Arial,Calibri,"Microsoft Sans Serif","Segoe UI",serif,sans-serif;font-weight:normal}</style><span class="script-arabic script-Arab" dir="rtl" style="font-size: 125%;">مدينة</span>‎), meaning "town" or "city".<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:2_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:1_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The name <i>Melite</i> or <i>Melita</i>, associated with the former ancient settlement on the same site, has survived as the name of the island (Malta).<sup id="cite_ref-:1_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mdina&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Antiquity">Antiquity</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mdina&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Antiquity"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Melite_(ancient_city)" title="Melite (ancient city)">Melite (ancient city)</a></div> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Il-Belt._Mu%C5%BCew_Nazzjonali_tal-Arkeolo%C4%A1ija._Iskrizzjoni_Feni1ja_fuq_%C4%A7a%C4%A1ra_tal-franka_(7_seklu_QK)_1.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Il-Belt._Mu%C5%BCew_Nazzjonali_tal-Arkeolo%C4%A1ija._Iskrizzjoni_Feni1ja_fuq_%C4%A7a%C4%A1ra_tal-franka_%287_seklu_QK%29_1.jpg/100px-Il-Belt._Mu%C5%BCew_Nazzjonali_tal-Arkeolo%C4%A1ija._Iskrizzjoni_Feni1ja_fuq_%C4%A7a%C4%A1ra_tal-franka_%287_seklu_QK%29_1.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="175" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Il-Belt._Mu%C5%BCew_Nazzjonali_tal-Arkeolo%C4%A1ija._Iskrizzjoni_Feni1ja_fuq_%C4%A7a%C4%A1ra_tal-franka_%287_seklu_QK%29_1.jpg/150px-Il-Belt._Mu%C5%BCew_Nazzjonali_tal-Arkeolo%C4%A1ija._Iskrizzjoni_Feni1ja_fuq_%C4%A7a%C4%A1ra_tal-franka_%287_seklu_QK%29_1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Il-Belt._Mu%C5%BCew_Nazzjonali_tal-Arkeolo%C4%A1ija._Iskrizzjoni_Feni1ja_fuq_%C4%A7a%C4%A1ra_tal-franka_%287_seklu_QK%29_1.jpg/200px-Il-Belt._Mu%C5%BCew_Nazzjonali_tal-Arkeolo%C4%A1ija._Iskrizzjoni_Feni1ja_fuq_%C4%A7a%C4%A1ra_tal-franka_%287_seklu_QK%29_1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2662" data-file-height="4652" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/Mdina_steles" title="Mdina steles">Mdina stele</a> attests to Malta's Phoenician past</figcaption></figure> <p>The plateau on which Mdina is built has been inhabited since prehistory, and by the <a href="/wiki/Bronze_Age" title="Bronze Age">Bronze Age</a> it was a place of refuge since it was naturally defensible.<sup id="cite_ref-spiteri3–4_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-spiteri3–4-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Phoenicians" class="mw-redirect" title="Phoenicians">Phoenicians</a> established a <a href="/wiki/Phoenician_colonization" class="mw-redirect" title="Phoenician colonization">colony</a> at the site, known as Ann after their name for the island,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECulican1992_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECulican1992-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFiligheddu2006_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFiligheddu2006-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEVella2023_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEVella2023-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> around the 8th century BC.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECassar200053–54_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECassar200053–54-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Roman_Republic" title="Roman Republic">Roman Republic</a> captured Malta in <span class="nowrap">218 BC</span>, early in the <a href="/wiki/Second_Punic_War" title="Second Punic War">Second Punic War</a>. They continued to use Mdina as their centre of administration but renamed it <a href="/wiki/Melita_(ancient_city)" class="mw-redirect" title="Melita (ancient city)">Melita</a> after the <a href="/wiki/Ancient_Greek_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Ancient Greek language">Greek</a> and <a href="/wiki/Latin_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Latin language">Latin</a> name for the island, probably taken from the main Punic port on the <a href="/wiki/Grand_Harbour" title="Grand Harbour">Grand Harbour</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEVella2023_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEVella2023-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Punico-Roman city was about three times the size of present-day Mdina, extending into a large part of modern <a href="/wiki/Rabat,_Malta" title="Rabat, Malta">Rabat</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESagona2015273_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESagona2015273-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>According to the <a href="/wiki/Acts_of_the_Apostles" title="Acts of the Apostles">Acts of the Apostles</a>, <a href="/wiki/Paul_the_Apostle" title="Paul the Apostle">Paul the Apostle</a> was shipwrecked on Malta in <span class="nowrap">AD 60,</span> greeted by its governor <a href="/wiki/Saint_Publius" title="Saint Publius">Publius</a>, and miraculously cured the governor's sick father before leaving.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Christian_legend" class="mw-redirect" title="Christian legend">Christian legend</a> holds that the population of Malta then converted to <a href="/wiki/Early_Christianity" title="Early Christianity">Christianity</a>, with Publius becoming <a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_Malta" class="mw-redirect" title="Bishop of Malta">Bishop of Malta</a> and then <a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_Athens" class="mw-redirect" title="Bishop of Athens">Bishop of Athens</a> before being <a href="/wiki/Christian_martyrdom" class="mw-redirect" title="Christian martyrdom">martyred</a> in 112.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Very few remains of the Punico-Roman city survive today. The most significant are the ruins of the <a href="/wiki/Domus_Romana" class="mw-redirect" title="Domus Romana">Domus Romana</a>, in which several well-preserved mosaics, statues and other remains were discovered. Remains of the podium of a <a href="/wiki/Temple_of_Apollo_(Melite)" title="Temple of Apollo (Melite)">Temple of Apollo</a>, fragments of the city walls and some other sites have also been excavated.<sup id="cite_ref-times2002-03-19_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-times2002-03-19-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Medieval_period">Medieval period</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mdina&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Medieval period"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>At some point following the <a href="/wiki/Fall_of_the_Western_Roman_Empire" title="Fall of the Western Roman Empire">fall of the Western Roman Empire</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Retrenchment_(military)" title="Retrenchment (military)">retrenchment</a> was built within the city, reducing it to its present size. This was done to make the city's perimeter more easily defensible, and similar reductions in city sizes were common around the Mediterranean region in the early Middle Ages. Although it was traditionally assumed that the retrenchment was built by the Arabs, it has been suggested that it was actually built by the <a href="/wiki/Byzantine_Empire" title="Byzantine Empire">Byzantine Empire</a> in around the 8th century, when the <a href="/wiki/Arab%E2%80%93Byzantine_wars" title="Arab–Byzantine wars">threat from the Arabs</a> increased.<sup id="cite_ref-spiteri3–4_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-spiteri3–4-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 870, Byzantine Melite, which was ruled by governor Amros (probably Ambrosios), was <a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Melite_(870)" title="Siege of Melite (870)">besieged</a> by <a href="/wiki/Aghlabids" class="mw-redirect" title="Aghlabids">Aghlabids</a> led by Halaf al-Hādim. He was killed in the fighting, and Sawāda Ibn Muḥammad was sent from <a href="/wiki/Sicily" title="Sicily">Sicily</a> to continue the siege following his death. The duration of the siege is unknown, but it probably lasted for some weeks or months. After Melite fell to the invaders, the inhabitants were massacred, the city was destroyed and its churches were looted. Marble from Melite's churches was used to build the castle of <a href="/wiki/Sousse" title="Sousse">Sousse</a> (<a href="/wiki/Ribat_of_Sousse" title="Ribat of Sousse">Ribat of Sousse</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tunisia" title="Tunisia">Tunisia</a>) .<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>According to <a href="/wiki/Al-Himyar%C4%AB" class="mw-redirect" title="Al-Himyarī">Al-Himyarī</a>, Malta remained almost uninhabited until it was resettled in 1048 or 1049 by Muslims from <a href="/wiki/Emirate_of_Sicily" class="mw-redirect" title="Emirate of Sicily">Sicily</a> and their slaves, who built a settlement called Madina on the site of Melite.<sup id="cite_ref-:0522_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0522-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Archaeological evidence suggests that the city was already a thriving Muslim settlement by the beginning of the 11th century, so 1048–49 might be the date when the city was officially founded and its walls were constructed.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability"><span title="This statement/argument doesn't seem to appear in the cited source. A 1981 edition of the book should be accessible at archive.org/details/storyofmalta0000bria/page/36/mode/2up. It's possible that a later edition would contain more detail, but also possible that this is WP:OR. (April 2024)">verification needed</span></a></i>]</sup> The layout of the new city was completely different to that of ancient Melite.<sup id="cite_ref-times2002-03-19_18-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-times2002-03-19-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Some aspects of present-day Mdina's layout, such as its narrow and maze-like streets, may still reflect the legacy of this period and share some similarities with historic North African <a href="/wiki/Medina_quarter" title="Medina quarter">medinas</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Byzantines <a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Medina_(1053%E2%80%9354)" class="mw-redirect" title="Siege of Medina (1053–54)">besieged Medina</a> in 1053–54, but were repelled by its defenders.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The city surrendered peacefully to <a href="/wiki/Roger_I_of_Sicily" title="Roger I of Sicily">Roger I of Sicily</a> after a <a href="/wiki/Norman_invasion_of_Malta" title="Norman invasion of Malta">short siege</a> in 1091,<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and Malta was subsequently incorporated into the <a href="/wiki/County_of_Sicily" title="County of Sicily">County</a> and later the <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Sicily" title="Kingdom of Sicily">Kingdom of Sicily</a>, being dominated by a succession of feudal lords. A castle known as the <i>Castellu di la Chitati</i> was built on the southeast corner of the city near the main entrance, probably on the site of an earlier Byzantine fort. </p><p>In the 12th century, the town's fortifications were rebuilt and expanded.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By this time, the city had also been reduced to around its present-day size. The area to the south that had formerly been part of Roman Melite, now situated outside the city walls, was turned into a suburb, present-day Rabat.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_6-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The population of Malta during the fifteenth century was about 10,000, with town life limited to Mdina, <a href="/wiki/Birgu" title="Birgu">Birgu</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Cittadella_(Gozo)" title="Cittadella (Gozo)">Gozo Citadel</a>. Mdina was comparatively small and partly uninhabited and by 1419, it was already outgrown by its suburb, Rabat.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Under Aragonese rule, local government rested on the <i>Università</i>, a communal body based in Mdina, which collected taxation and administered the islands' limited resources. At various points during the fifteenth century, this town council complained to its Aragonese overlords that the islands were at the mercy of the sea and the <a href="/wiki/Saracen" title="Saracen">saracens</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The city withstood a <a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Malta_(1429)" title="Siege of Malta (1429)">siege</a> by <a href="/wiki/Hafsid_dynasty" title="Hafsid dynasty">Hafsid</a> invaders in 1429.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> While the exact number of casualties or Maltese who were carried into slavery is unknown, the islands suffered depopulation in this raid. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Hospitaller_rule">Hospitaller rule</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mdina&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Hospitaller rule"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Aerial_view_Mdina,_Malta.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Aerial_view_Mdina%2C_Malta.jpg/220px-Aerial_view_Mdina%2C_Malta.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="125" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Aerial_view_Mdina%2C_Malta.jpg/330px-Aerial_view_Mdina%2C_Malta.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Aerial_view_Mdina%2C_Malta.jpg/440px-Aerial_view_Mdina%2C_Malta.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="1163" /></a><figcaption>Aerial view of Mdina and <a href="/wiki/Fortifications_of_Mdina" title="Fortifications of Mdina">its fortifications</a></figcaption></figure> <p>When the <a href="/wiki/Knights_Hospitaller" title="Knights Hospitaller">Order of Saint John</a> took over in Malta in 1530, the nobles ceremoniously handed over the keys of the city to Grand Master <a href="/wiki/Philippe_Villiers_de_L%27Isle-Adam" title="Philippe Villiers de L'Isle-Adam">Philippe Villiers de L'Isle-Adam</a>, but the Order settled in <a href="/wiki/Birgu" title="Birgu">Birgu</a> and Mdina lost its status as capital city.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the 1540s, the fortifications began to be upgraded during the magistracy of <a href="/wiki/Juan_de_Homedes_y_Coscon" class="mw-redirect" title="Juan de Homedes y Coscon">Juan de Homedes y Coscon</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and in 1551 the city withstood a <a href="/wiki/Invasion_of_Gozo_(1551)#Initial_landing_on_Malta" title="Invasion of Gozo (1551)">brief Ottoman siege</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-independent2015-06-15_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-independent2015-06-15-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During the <a href="/wiki/Great_Siege_of_Malta" title="Great Siege of Malta">Great Siege of Malta</a> in 1565, Mdina was the base of the Order's cavalry, which made occasional sorties on the invading Ottomans. On 7 August 1565, the cavalry attacked the unprotected Ottoman field hospital, which led to the invaders abandoning a major assault on the main fortifications in Birgu and <a href="/wiki/Senglea" title="Senglea">Senglea</a>. The Ottomans attempted to take Mdina in September so as to winter there, but abandoned their plans when the city fired its cannon inefficiently at a much longer range than normal, leading them to believe that it had ammunition to spare. After the siege, Maltese military engineer <a href="/wiki/Girolamo_Cassar" title="Girolamo Cassar">Girolamo Cassar</a> drew up plans to reduce Mdina's size by half and turning it into a fortress, but these were never implemented due to protests by the city's nobles.<sup id="cite_ref-independent2015-06-15_30-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-independent2015-06-15-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The fortifications were again upgraded in the mid-17th century, when the large De Redin Bastion was built at the centre of the land front.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Mdina suffered severe damage during the <a href="/wiki/1693_Sicily_earthquake" title="1693 Sicily earthquake">1693 Sicily earthquake</a>; although no casualties were reported, the 13th-century <a href="/wiki/St._Paul%27s_Cathedral,_Mdina" class="mw-redirect" title="St. Paul's Cathedral, Mdina">Cathedral of St. Paul</a> was partially destroyed, and it was rebuilt by <a href="/wiki/Lorenzo_Gaf%C3%A0" title="Lorenzo Gafà">Lorenzo Gafà</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Baroque_architecture" title="Baroque architecture">Baroque style</a> between 1697 and 1703.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 3 November 1722, newly elected Grand Master <a href="/wiki/Ant%C3%B3nio_Manoel_de_Vilhena" title="António Manoel de Vilhena">António Manoel de Vilhena</a> issued orders for the restoration and renovation of Mdina.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This renovation was entrusted to the French architect and military engineer <a href="/wiki/Charles_Fran%C3%A7ois_de_Mondion" title="Charles François de Mondion">Charles François de Mondion</a>, who introduced strong <a href="/wiki/French_Baroque_architecture" title="French Baroque architecture">French Baroque</a> elements into what was still a largely medieval city. At this point, large parts of the fortifications and the city entrance were completely rebuilt. The remains of the <i>Castellu di la Chitati</i> were demolished to make way for <a href="/wiki/Palazzo_Vilhena" class="mw-redirect" title="Palazzo Vilhena">Palazzo Vilhena</a>, while the main gate was walled up and a new <a href="/wiki/Mdina_Gate" title="Mdina Gate">Mdina Gate</a> was built nearby. Several public buildings were also built, including the <a href="/wiki/Banca_Giuratale_(Mdina)" title="Banca Giuratale (Mdina)">Banca Giuratale</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Corte_Capitanale" title="Corte Capitanale">Corte Capitanale</a>. The last major addition to the Mdina fortifications was Despuig Bastion, which was completed in 1746.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="French_occupation_and_British_rule">French occupation and British rule</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mdina&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: French occupation and British rule"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:French_Mdina_plaque.jpeg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/French_Mdina_plaque.jpeg/250px-French_Mdina_plaque.jpeg" decoding="async" width="220" height="164" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/French_Mdina_plaque.jpeg/330px-French_Mdina_plaque.jpeg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/French_Mdina_plaque.jpeg/500px-French_Mdina_plaque.jpeg 2x" data-file-width="2592" data-file-height="1936" /></a><figcaption>Plaque near the <a href="/wiki/Torre_dello_Standardo" title="Torre dello Standardo">Torre dello Standardo</a> commemorating six Maltese people who were killed during the uprising of September 1798</figcaption></figure> <p>On 10 June 1798, Mdina was captured by French forces without much resistance during the <a href="/wiki/French_invasion_of_Malta" title="French invasion of Malta">French invasion of Malta</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A French garrison remained in the city, but a Maltese uprising broke out on 2 September of that year. The following day, rebels entered the city through a sally port and massacred the garrison of 65 men.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> These events marked the beginning of <a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Malta_(1798%E2%80%931800)" title="Siege of Malta (1798–1800)">a two-year uprising and blockade</a>, and the Maltese set up a National Assembly which met at Mdina's Banca Giuratale.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The rebels were successful, and in 1800 the French surrendered and Malta became a <a href="/wiki/Malta_Protectorate" title="Malta Protectorate">British protectorate</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-independent2015-06-15_30-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-independent2015-06-15-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>From 1883 to 1931, Mdina was linked with <a href="/wiki/Valletta" title="Valletta">Valletta</a> by the <a href="/wiki/Malta_Railway" title="Malta Railway">Malta Railway</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Present_day">Present day</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mdina&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Present day"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Today, Mdina is one of Malta's major tourist attractions, hosting about 1.5 million tourists a year.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> No <a href="/wiki/Automobile" class="mw-redirect" title="Automobile">cars</a> (other than a limited number of residents, emergency vehicles, wedding cars and horses) are allowed in Mdina, partly why it has earned the nickname 'the Silent City' (<a href="/wiki/Maltese_language" title="Maltese language">Maltese</a>: <i lang="mt">Il-Belt Siekta</i>). The city displays an unusual mix of <a href="/wiki/Norman_architecture" title="Norman architecture">Norman</a> and <a href="/wiki/Baroque" title="Baroque">Baroque</a> <a href="/wiki/Architecture" title="Architecture">architecture</a>, including several palaces, most of which serve as private homes. </p><p>An extensive restoration of the city walls was undertaken between 2008 and 2016.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Government">Government</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mdina&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Government"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546" /><table class="infobox vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size: 125%; border-top: 2px solid black; border-bottom: 2px solid black"><div style="display:inline" class="fn org">Mdina Local Council</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Mdina_coa.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Coat of arms or logo" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Mdina_coa.svg/25px-Mdina_coa.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Mdina_coa.svg/38px-Mdina_coa.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Mdina_coa.svg/50px-Mdina_coa.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="930" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="border-top: 2px solid black; border-bottom: 2px solid black">Type</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Type</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="padding:0.1em 0;line-height:1.3em;"><div style="display:inline" class="category"><a href="/wiki/Local_councils_of_Malta" title="Local councils of Malta">Local Council</a></div> </div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="border-top: 2px solid black; border-bottom: 2px solid black">History</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data">30 June 1993</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="border-top: 2px solid black; border-bottom: 2px solid black">Leadership</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Mayor</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; line-height:1.3em">Peter Joseph dei Conti Sant Manduca, <a href="/wiki/Nationalist_Party_(Malta)" title="Nationalist Party (Malta)">PN</a> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; line-height:1.3em">Vice-Mayor</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; line-height:1.3em">Joseph Debono, <a href="/wiki/Nationalist_Party_(Malta)" title="Nationalist Party (Malta)">PN</a> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; line-height:1.3em">Minority Leader</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; line-height:1.3em">Mary Anne Sultana, <a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(Malta)" title="Labour Party (Malta)">PL</a> </div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="border-top: 2px solid black; border-bottom: 2px solid black">Structure</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Malta_Mdina_Local_Council_2019_(election_skipped).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Malta_Mdina_Local_Council_2019_%28election_skipped%29.svg/120px-Malta_Mdina_Local_Council_2019_%28election_skipped%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="62" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Malta_Mdina_Local_Council_2019_%28election_skipped%29.svg/180px-Malta_Mdina_Local_Council_2019_%28election_skipped%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Malta_Mdina_Local_Council_2019_%28election_skipped%29.svg/240px-Malta_Mdina_Local_Council_2019_%28election_skipped%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="360" data-file-height="185" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Political groups</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><b>Administration</b> <ul><li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r981673959">.mw-parser-output .legend{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .legend-color{display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;text-align:center;border:1px solid black;background-color:transparent;color:black}.mw-parser-output .legend-text{}</style><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#5087B2; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Partit_Nazzjonalista" class="mw-redirect" title="Partit Nazzjonalista">Nationalist Party</a> (4)</li></ul> <p><b>Minority</b> </p> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959" /><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#EE3224; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Partit_Laburista" class="mw-redirect" title="Partit Laburista">Labour Party</a> (1)</li></ul> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="border-top: 2px solid black; border-bottom: 2px solid black">Elections</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Last election</div></th><td class="infobox-data">2024 (Same 5 councillors elected unopposed since 2013)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Next election</div></th><td class="infobox-data">2029</td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Local_Council">Local Council</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mdina&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Local Council"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Mdina is governed by a directly elected 5-member Local Council. The <a href="/wiki/Partit_Nazzjonalista" class="mw-redirect" title="Partit Nazzjonalista">Nationalist Party</a> has always had the majority of seats and all mayors of Mdina have come from this party, with the Labour Party holding either one, two or no seats at all since the inception of the council. Peter Joseph Sant Manduca, Count of Sant Manduca,<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> has been Mayor of Mdina since 2003.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The 2019 election did not happen as only five nominations (therefore equalling the total amount of seats) were submitted. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Places_of_interest">Places of interest</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mdina&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Places of interest"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Malta_Mdina_BW_2011-10-05_12-41-38.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Malta_Mdina_BW_2011-10-05_12-41-38.JPG/250px-Malta_Mdina_BW_2011-10-05_12-41-38.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="167" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Malta_Mdina_BW_2011-10-05_12-41-38.JPG/330px-Malta_Mdina_BW_2011-10-05_12-41-38.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Malta_Mdina_BW_2011-10-05_12-41-38.JPG/500px-Malta_Mdina_BW_2011-10-05_12-41-38.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3388" data-file-height="2578" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/St._Paul%27s_Cathedral,_Mdina" class="mw-redirect" title="St. Paul's Cathedral, Mdina">St. Paul's Cathedral</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Cathedral_Museum_in_Mdina,_Malta.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Cathedral_Museum_in_Mdina%2C_Malta.jpg/250px-Cathedral_Museum_in_Mdina%2C_Malta.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Cathedral_Museum_in_Mdina%2C_Malta.jpg/330px-Cathedral_Museum_in_Mdina%2C_Malta.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Cathedral_Museum_in_Mdina%2C_Malta.jpg/500px-Cathedral_Museum_in_Mdina%2C_Malta.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4608" data-file-height="3456" /></a><figcaption>Cathedral Museum</figcaption></figure> <p>The following are a number of historic and monumental buildings around Mdina:<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>The <a href="/wiki/Fortifications_of_Mdina" title="Fortifications of Mdina">city walls</a>, including <a href="/wiki/Mdina_Gate" title="Mdina Gate">Mdina Gate</a>, <a href="/wiki/Greeks_Gate" title="Greeks Gate">Greeks Gate</a> and the <i><a href="/wiki/Torre_dello_Standardo" title="Torre dello Standardo">Torre dello Standardo</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St._Paul%27s_Cathedral,_Mdina" class="mw-redirect" title="St. Paul's Cathedral, Mdina">St. Paul's Cathedral</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St._Paul%27s_Catacombs" title="St. Paul's Catacombs">St. Paul's Catacombs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palazzo_Vilhena" class="mw-redirect" title="Palazzo Vilhena">Palazzo Vilhena</a> (<a href="/wiki/National_Museum_of_Natural_History_(Malta)" class="mw-redirect" title="National Museum of Natural History (Malta)">National Museum of Natural History</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palazzo_Falson" title="Palazzo Falson">Palazzo Falson</a> (Norman House)</li> <li>Palazzo Gatto Murina</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palazzo_Santa_Sofia" title="Palazzo Santa Sofia">Palazzo Santa Sofia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palazzo_Costanzo" title="Palazzo Costanzo">Palazzo Costanzo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Banca_Giuratale_(Mdina)" title="Banca Giuratale (Mdina)">Banca Giuratale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corte_Capitanale" title="Corte Capitanale">Corte Capitanale</a> (city hall)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_Agatha%27s_chapel,_Mdina" title="St Agatha's chapel, Mdina">St. Agatha's Chapel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_Nicholas_Chapel,_Mdina" title="St Nicholas Chapel, Mdina">St. Nicholas' Chapel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_Roque%27s_Church,_Mdina" title="St Roque's Church, Mdina">St Roque's Church</a></li> <li>Mdina Dungeons</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Annunciation_Church,_Mdina" title="Annunciation Church, Mdina">Carmelite Church & Convent</a></li> <li>Mdina Experience</li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_Peter%27s_Church_and_Monastery,_Mdina" title="St Peter's Church and Monastery, Mdina">St Peter's Church and Monastery</a></li> <li>Bastion Square</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Domvs_Romana" title="Domvs Romana">Domvs Romana</a>, ruins of a Roman townhouse just outside the city</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sports">Sports</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mdina&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Sports"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Founded in 2006, the <a href="/wiki/Mdina_Knights_F.C." title="Mdina Knights F.C.">Mdina Knights F.C.</a> play in the third division league of the <a href="/wiki/Malta_Football_Association" title="Malta Football Association">Malta Football Association</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Streets_in_Mdina">Streets in Mdina</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mdina&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Streets in Mdina"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Malta_Mdina.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Malta_Mdina.jpg/220px-Malta_Mdina.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Malta_Mdina.jpg/330px-Malta_Mdina.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Malta_Mdina.jpg/440px-Malta_Mdina.jpg 2x" data-file-width="717" data-file-height="538" /></a><figcaption>Villegaignon Street, with the <a href="/wiki/Banca_Giuratale_(Mdina)" title="Banca Giuratale (Mdina)">Banca Giuratale</a> visible in the centre</figcaption></figure> <ul><li>Misraħ il-Kunsill (Council Square)</li> <li>Pjazza San Pawl (St Paul Square)</li> <li>Pjazza San Publiju (St Publius Square)</li> <li>Pjazza tal-Arċisqof (Archbishop Square)</li> <li>Pjazza tas-Sur (Bastion Square)</li> <li>Pjazzetta Beata Marija Adeodata Pisani (Blessed Maria Adeodata Pisani Square)</li> <li>Triq Inguanez (Inguanez Street)</li> <li>Triq Mesquita (Mesquita Street)</li> <li>Triq is-Sur (Bastion Street)</li> <li>Triq San Pawl (St Paul Street)</li> <li>Triq Santu Rokku (St Roch Street)</li> <li>Triq l-Imħażen (Magazines' Street)</li> <li>Triq Villegaignon (Villegaignon Street) (Main road).</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="In_popular_culture">In popular culture</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mdina&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: In popular culture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Mdina (together with <a href="/wiki/Birgu" title="Birgu">Birgu</a> and <a href="/wiki/Gozo" title="Gozo">Gozo</a>) plays a significant role in <i><a href="/wiki/Lymond_Chronicles#The_Disorderly_Knights_(1966)" title="Lymond Chronicles">The Disorderly Knights</a></i>, the third book of the acclaimed <a href="/wiki/Lymond_Chronicles" title="Lymond Chronicles">Lymond Chronicles</a> by <a href="/wiki/Dorothy_Dunnett" title="Dorothy Dunnett">Dorothy Dunnett</a>, which is set around the events of the <a href="/wiki/Invasion_of_Gozo_(1551)" title="Invasion of Gozo (1551)">Dragut Raid</a> of 1551 when the <a href="/wiki/Ottoman_Empire" title="Ottoman Empire">Ottomans</a> briefly besieged the city.</li> <li>In <a href="/wiki/White_Wolf_Publishing" title="White Wolf Publishing">White Wolf Publishing</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/World_of_Darkness" title="World of Darkness">World of Darkness</a></i>, Mdina is the European capital of clan <a href="/wiki/Lasombra" class="mw-redirect" title="Lasombra">Lasombra</a>.</li> <li>In the 2007 novel <i><a href="/wiki/Snakehead_(novel)" class="mw-redirect" title="Snakehead (novel)">Snakehead</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Anthony_Horowitz" title="Anthony Horowitz">Anthony Horowitz</a>, Mdina is the site of an "ambush" where <a href="/wiki/MI6" title="MI6">MI6</a> intends to retrieve <a href="/wiki/Alex_Rider" title="Alex Rider">Alex Rider</a>'s father John.</li> <li>In the <a href="/wiki/Game_of_Thrones_(season_1)" class="mw-redirect" title="Game of Thrones (season 1)">first season</a> of <a href="/wiki/HBO" title="HBO">HBO</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/Game_of_Thrones" title="Game of Thrones">Game of Thrones</a></i>, Mdina was the filming location for the series' fictional capital city of King's Landing.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> More specifically, Mesquita Square is the shooting location of Littlefinger's brothel and the town's baroque gate can be seen in the first season (episode 3).<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>The action of several chapters (21ff) of A.J. Hackwith's fantasy novel <i>The Library of the Unwritten</i> (2019) is set in Mdina; the city has a special status in that "Nothing not born of humankind - not angel or demon [...] - gets in without invitation from its residents" (p. 186).</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_people">Notable people</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mdina&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Notable people"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pietru_Caxaro" title="Pietru Caxaro">Pietru Caxaro</a> - philosopher and poet<sup id="cite_ref-:0_47-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gasper_Grima" title="Gasper Grima">Gasper Grima</a> - philosopher<sup id="cite_ref-:0_47-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Constance_Parnis" title="John Constance Parnis">John Constance Parnis</a> - philosopher<sup id="cite_ref-:0_47-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Francesco_Azopardi" title="Francesco Azopardi">Francesco Azopardi</a> - composer and music theorist<sup id="cite_ref-:0_47-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Calleia" title="Joseph Calleia">Joseph Calleia</a> - actor and singer<sup id="cite_ref-:0_47-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span 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Oxford University Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780191905636" title="Special:BookSources/9780191905636"><bdi>9780191905636</bdi></a>. <q>The present name is derived from the Arabic <i>madīnah</i> 'town' or 'city'.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Mdina&rft.btitle=The+Concise+Dictionary+of+World+Place-Names&rft.edition=6th&rft.pub=Oxford+University+Press&rft.date=2020&rft.isbn=9780191905636&rft.aulast=Everett-Heath&rft.aufirst=John&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMdina" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-:2-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-:2_6-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-:2_6-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-:2_6-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-:2_6-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFSaid-Zammit2016" class="citation book cs1">Said-Zammit, George A. 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Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.maltamigration.com/news/times93020.shtml">the original</a> on 13 April 2016.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Times+of+Malta&rft.atitle=New+find+at+Mdina+most+important+so+far+in+old+capital&rft.date=2002-03-19&rft.aulast=Testa&rft.aufirst=Michael&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.maltamigration.com%2Fnews%2Ftimes93020.shtml&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMdina" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-19">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFBrincat1995">Brincat 1995</a>, p. 11</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-20">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/41626/1/Malta_fiz-zmien_nofsani_1989.pdf">https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/41626/1/Malta_fiz-zmien_nofsani_1989.pdf</a> <sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Bare_URLs" title="Wikipedia:Bare URLs"><span title="A full citation of this PDF document is required to prevent link rot. (March 2022)">bare URL PDF</span></a></i>]</sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-:0522-21"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-:0522_21-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFCassar2022" class="citation book cs1">Cassar, Carmel (2022). "Malta". In Fleet, Kate; Krämer, Gudrun; Matringe, Denis; Nawas, John; Rowson, Everett (eds.). <i>Encyclopaedia of Islam, Three</i>. Brill. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9789004161658" title="Special:BookSources/9789004161658"><bdi>9789004161658</bdi></a>. <q>The Arabs established themselves in the old Roman town of Melita, which they renamed Mdina (Madīna). 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class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Malta_(1429)" title="Siege of Malta (1429)">Siege of Malta (1429)</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Great_Siege_of_Malta#Fort_St._Michael_and_Mdina" title="Great Siege of Malta">Great Siege of Malta (1565)</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Malta_(1798%E2%80%931800)#Maltese_uprising" title="Siege of Malta (1798–1800)">Maltese uprising (1798)</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Malta_Railway" title="Malta Railway">Malta Railway</a></span></li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="3" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Mdina_coa.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Coat of arms of Mdina"><img alt="Coat of arms of Mdina" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Mdina_coa.svg/60px-Mdina_coa.svg.png" decoding="async" width="60" height="93" class="mw-file-element" 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Apollo (Melite)">Temple of Apollo</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight: normal;"><a href="/wiki/Fortifications_of_Mdina" title="Fortifications of Mdina">Fortifications</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Mdina_Gate" title="Mdina Gate">Mdina Gate</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Greeks_Gate" title="Greeks Gate">Greeks Gate</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Torre_dello_Standardo" title="Torre dello Standardo">Torre dello Standardo</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight: normal;">Churches</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/St_Paul%27s_Cathedral,_Mdina" title="St Paul's Cathedral, Mdina">St Paul's Cathedral</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Annunciation_Church,_Mdina" title="Annunciation Church, Mdina">Annunciation Church</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/St_Agatha%27s_chapel,_Mdina" title="St Agatha's chapel, Mdina">St Agatha's Chapel</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Church_of_St._Nicholas,_Mdina&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Church of St. Nicholas, Mdina (page does not exist)">St Nicholas' Church</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/St_Peter%27s_Church_and_Monastery,_Mdina" title="St Peter's Church and Monastery, Mdina">St Peter's Church and Monastery</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Church_of_St._Peter_in_Chains,_Mdina&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Church of St. Peter in Chains, Mdina (page does not exist)">St Peter in Chains 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href="/w/index.php?title=Casa_Mdina&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Casa Mdina (page does not exist)">Casa Mdina</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Palazzo_Costanzo" title="Palazzo Costanzo">Palazzo Costanzo</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Palazzo_Falson" title="Palazzo Falson">Palazzo Falson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Palazzo_Ferriol&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Palazzo Ferriol (page does not exist)">Palazzo Ferriol</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Palazzo_Santa_Sofia" title="Palazzo Santa Sofia">Palazzo Santa Sofia</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Palazzo_Testaferrata,_Mdina&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Palazzo Testaferrata, Mdina (page does not exist)">Palazzo Testaferrata</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Palazzo_Vilhena" class="mw-redirect" title="Palazzo Vilhena">Palazzo Vilhena</a> (<a href="/wiki/National_Museum_of_Natural_History,_Malta" title="National Museum of Natural History, Malta">National Museum of Natural History</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Palazzo_Xara_(Mdina)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Palazzo Xara (Mdina) (page does not exist)">Palazzo Xara</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight: normal;">Gardens</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Howard_Gardens&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Howard Gardens (page does not exist)">Howard Gardens</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight: normal;">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Banca_Giuratale_(Mdina)" title="Banca Giuratale (Mdina)">Banca Giuratale</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Casino_Notabile" title="Casino Notabile">Casino Notabile</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Corte_Capitanale" title="Corte Capitanale">Corte Capitanale</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Herald%27s_Loggia&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Herald's Loggia (page does not exist)">Herald's Loggia</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Mdina_Cathedral_Museum" title="Mdina Cathedral Museum">Mdina Cathedral Museum</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_monuments_in_Mdina" title="List of monuments in Mdina">List of monuments</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Sport</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list 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title="Iomnium">Iomnium</a> (<a href="/wiki/Tigzirt" title="Tigzirt">Tigzirt</a>)</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Cirta" title="Cirta">Cirta</a> (<a href="/wiki/Constantine,_Algeria" title="Constantine, Algeria">Constantine</a>)</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Djinet" title="Djinet">Kissi (Djinet)</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Macomades" title="Macomades">Macomades</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Calama_(Numidia)" title="Calama (Numidia)">Malaca</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Rachgoun" title="Rachgoun">Rachgoun</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Rusazus" title="Rusazus">Rusazus</a> (<a href="/wiki/Azeffoun" title="Azeffoun">Azeffoun</a>)</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Tamentfoust" title="Tamentfoust">Rusguniae</a> (<a href="/wiki/Tamentfoust" title="Tamentfoust">Tamentfoust</a>)</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Skikda" title="Skikda">Rusicade (Skikda)</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Rusippisir" title="Rusippisir">Rusippisir (Taksebt)</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Rusubbicari" title="Rusubbicari">Rusubbicari</a> (<a href="/wiki/Zemmouri" title="Zemmouri">Zemmouri</a> El Bahri)</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Dellys" title="Dellys">Rusuccuru (Dellys)</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Zara%C3%AF" title="Zaraï">Sarai</a> (<a href="/wiki/A%C3%AFn_Oulmene" title="Aïn Oulmene">Aïn Oulmene</a>)</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Thagora" title="Thagora">Thagora</a> (<a href="/wiki/Taoura" title="Taoura">Taoura</a>)</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Tipasa_in_Mauretania" class="mw-redirect" title="Tipasa in Mauretania">Tipasa in Mauretania</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Tipasa_in_Numidia" title="Tipasa in Numidia">Tipasa in Numidia</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Timici" title="Timici">Timici</a></dd></dl> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Cyprus</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Dali,_Cyprus" title="Dali, Cyprus">Dhali</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Kition" title="Kition">Kition</a> (<a href="/wiki/Larnaca" title="Larnaca">Larnaca</a>)</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Lapathus_(Cyprus)" title="Lapathus (Cyprus)">Lapathus</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Marion,_Cyprus" title="Marion, Cyprus">Marion</a></dd></dl> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Greece</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Santorini" title="Santorini">Callista (Santorini)</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Paxi" class="mw-redirect" title="Paxi">Paxi</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Rhodes" title="Rhodes">Rhodes</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Delos" title="Delos">Delos</a></dd></dl> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Israel</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Achziv" title="Achziv">Achzib</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Acre,_Israel" title="Acre, Israel">Akka (Acre)</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Tel_Dor" title="Tel Dor">Dora</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Tel_Michal" title="Tel Michal">Michal</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Jaffa" title="Jaffa">Jaffa</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Apollonia-Arsuf" class="mw-redirect" title="Apollonia-Arsuf">Reshef</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Tel_Shikmona" title="Tel Shikmona">Shikmona</a> (<a href="/wiki/Haifa" title="Haifa">Haifa</a>)</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Caesarea_Maritima" title="Caesarea Maritima">Strato's Tower (Caesarea)</a></dd></dl> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Italy</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Bithia,_Italy" title="Bithia, Italy">Bitan</a> (<a href="/wiki/Chia_(Sardinia)" title="Chia (Sardinia)">Chia</a>)</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Cefal%C3%B9" title="Cefalù">Cape Melqart (Cefalù)</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Drepana" title="Drepana">Drepanum</a> (<a href="/wiki/Trapani" title="Trapani">Trapani</a>)</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Eryx_(Sicily)" title="Eryx (Sicily)">Eryx</a> (<a href="/wiki/Erice" title="Erice">Erice</a>)</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Heraclea_Minoa" title="Heraclea Minoa">Heraclea Minoa</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Soluntum" title="Soluntum">Kapara (Soluntum)</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/History_of_Cagliari" title="History of Cagliari">Karaly</a> (<a href="/wiki/Cagliari" title="Cagliari">Cagliari</a>)</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Marsala" title="Marsala">Lilybaeum</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Motya" title="Motya">Motya</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Neapolis,_Sardinia" class="mw-redirect" title="Neapolis, Sardinia">Neapolis</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Nora,_Italy" title="Nora, Italy">Nora</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Olbia" title="Olbia">Olbia</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Pantelleria" title="Pantelleria">Pantelleria</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Selinunte" title="Selinunte">Selinunte</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Sulci" title="Sulci">Sulci</a> (<a href="/wiki/Sant%27Antioco" title="Sant'Antioco">Sant'Antioco</a>)</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Tharros" title="Tharros">Tharros</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Palermo" title="Palermo">Ṣiṣ (Palermo)</a></dd></dl> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Lebanon</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Amioun" title="Amioun">Amia</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Enfeh" class="mw-redirect" title="Enfeh">Ampi</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Arqa" title="Arqa">Arqa</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Tripoli,_Lebanon" title="Tripoli, Lebanon">Athar (Tripoli)</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Baalbek" title="Baalbek">Baalbek</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Berytus" title="Berytus">Birut</a> (<a href="/wiki/Beirut" title="Beirut">Beirut</a>)</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Batroun" title="Batroun">Botrys (Teros)</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Byblos" title="Byblos">Gebal (Byblos)</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Tell_el-Burak" title="Tell el-Burak">Ornithon (Tell el-Burak)</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Jieh" title="Jieh"> Porphyreon (Jieh)</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Sarepta" title="Sarepta">Sarepta</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Sidon" title="Sidon">Sidon</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Tyre,_Lebanon" title="Tyre, Lebanon">Sur (Tyre)</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ushu" title="Ushu">Ushu (Palaetyrus)</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Umm_al-Amad,_Lebanon" title="Umm al-Amad, Lebanon">Umm al-Amad</a></dd></dl> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Libya</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Leptis_Magna" title="Leptis Magna">Lepcis</a> (<a href="/wiki/Khoms,_Libya" class="mw-redirect" title="Khoms, Libya">Khoms</a>)</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Oea" title="Oea">Oyat</a> (<a href="/wiki/Tripoli,_Libya" title="Tripoli, Libya">Tripoli</a>)</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Sabratha" title="Sabratha">Tsabratan</a></dd></dl> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Malta</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <dl><dd>Maleth (<a href="/wiki/Cospicua" title="Cospicua">Cospicua</a>)</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Melite_(ancient_city)" title="Melite (ancient city)">Ann</a> (<a class="mw-selflink selflink">Mdina</a>)</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Gozo" title="Gozo">Gaulos (Gozo)</a></dd> <dd><a href="/w/index.php?title=G%C4%A7ajn_Qajjet&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Għajn Qajjet (page does not exist)">Għajn Qajjet</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Mtarfa" title="Mtarfa">Mtarfa</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Ras_il-Wardija" title="Ras il-Wardija">Ras il-Wardija</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Tas-Sil%C4%A1" title="Tas-Silġ">Tas-Silġ</a></dd></dl> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Morocco</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Azemmour" title="Azemmour">Azama (Azemmour)</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Essaouira" title="Essaouira">Arambys (Mogador)</a></dd> <dd><a href="/w/index.php?title=Caricus_Murus&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Caricus Murus (page does not exist)">Caricus Murus</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Ksar_es-Seghir" title="Ksar es-Seghir">Heq she Elisha (Ksar es-Seghir)</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Lixus_(ancient_city)" title="Lixus (ancient city)">Likush</a> (<a href="/wiki/Larache" title="Larache">Larache</a>)</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Chellah" title="Chellah">Shalat (Chellah)</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Tamusida" class="mw-redirect" title="Tamusida">Tamusida</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Tingis" class="mw-redirect" title="Tingis">Tinga</a> (<a href="/wiki/Tangier" title="Tangier">Tangier</a>)</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Anfa" title="Anfa">Anfa</a> (<a 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