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vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#National_government"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.2</span> <span>National government</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-National_government-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Geography" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Geography"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3</span> <span>Geography</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Geography-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 Geography subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Geography-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Climate" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Climate"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.1</span> <span>Climate</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Climate-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Cityscape" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Cityscape"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4</span> <span>Cityscape</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Cityscape-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 Cityscape subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Cityscape-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Neighbourhoods" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Neighbourhoods"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.1</span> <span>Neighbourhoods</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Neighbourhoods-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Economy" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Economy"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5</span> <span>Economy</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Economy-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Education" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Education"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>Education</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Education-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Culture" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Culture"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7</span> <span>Culture</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Culture-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet 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class="vector-toc-numb">7.3</span> <span>Carnival</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Carnival-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Feasts" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Feasts"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.4</span> <span>Feasts</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Feasts-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-In_literature_and_the_arts" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#In_literature_and_the_arts"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.5</span> <span>In literature and the arts</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-In_literature_and_the_arts-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Twin_towns_–_sister_cities" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Twin_towns_–_sister_cities"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 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class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11</span> <span>Sports</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Sports-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Further_reading" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Further_reading"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">12</span> <span>Further reading</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Further_reading-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">13</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Notes" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Notes"> <div 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title="Valletta – Alemannic" lang="gsw" hreflang="gsw" data-title="Valletta" data-language-autonym="Alemannisch" data-language-local-name="Alemannic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Alemannisch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-am mw-list-item"><a href="https://am.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%89%AB%E1%88%8C%E1%89%B3" title="ቫሌታ – Amharic" lang="am" hreflang="am" data-title="ቫሌታ" data-language-autonym="አማርኛ" data-language-local-name="Amharic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>አማርኛ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ar mw-list-item"><a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%A7" title="فاليتا – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="فاليتا" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-an mw-list-item"><a href="https://an.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valletta" title="Valletta – Aragonese" lang="an" hreflang="an" data-title="Valletta" data-language-autonym="Aragonés" data-language-local-name="Aragonese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Aragonés</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Valeta" title="La Valeta – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="La Valeta" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valletta" title="Valletta – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Valletta" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ban mw-list-item"><a href="https://ban.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valletta" title="Valletta – Balinese" lang="ban" hreflang="ban" data-title="Valletta" data-language-autonym="Basa Bali" data-language-local-name="Balinese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Basa Bali</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AD%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BE" title="ভাল্লেত্তা – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="ভাল্লেত্তা" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valletta" title="Valletta – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Valletta" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ba mw-list-item"><a href="https://ba.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%BB%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%82%D0%B0" title="Валлетта – Bashkir" lang="ba" hreflang="ba" data-title="Валлетта" data-language-autonym="Башҡортса" data-language-local-name="Bashkir" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Башҡортса</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%B0" title="Валета – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Валета" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%B0" title="Валета – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="Валета" 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-bcl mw-list-item"><a href="https://bcl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valletta" title="Valletta – Central Bikol" lang="bcl" hreflang="bcl" data-title="Valletta" data-language-autonym="Bikol Central" data-language-local-name="Central Bikol" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bikol Central</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bi mw-list-item"><a href="https://bi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valletta" title="Valletta – Bislama" lang="bi" hreflang="bi" data-title="Valletta" data-language-autonym="Bislama" data-language-local-name="Bislama" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bislama</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%B0" title="Валета – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Валета" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bo mw-list-item"><a href="https://bo.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%BD%9D%E0%BC%8B%E0%BD%A3%E0%BD%BA%E0%BC%8B%E0%BD%90%E0%BC%8D" title="ཝ་ལེ་ཐ། – Tibetan" lang="bo" hreflang="bo" data-title="ཝ་ལེ་ཐ།" data-language-autonym="བོད་ཡིག" data-language-local-name="Tibetan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>བོད་ཡིག</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valletta" title="Valletta – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="Valletta" data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bosanski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valletta" title="Valletta – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Valletta" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Valletta" title="La Valletta – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="La Valletta" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cv mw-list-item"><a href="https://cv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%BB%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%82%D0%B0" title="Валлетта – Chuvash" lang="cv" hreflang="cv" data-title="Валлетта" data-language-autonym="Чӑвашла" data-language-local-name="Chuvash" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Чӑвашла</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Il-Belt_Valletta_(munisipyo_sa_Malta)" title="Il-Belt Valletta (munisipyo sa Malta) – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Il-Belt Valletta (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/Valletta" title="Valletta – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Valletta" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sn mw-list-item"><a href="https://sn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valletta" title="Valletta – Shona" lang="sn" hreflang="sn" data-title="Valletta" data-language-autonym="ChiShona" data-language-local-name="Shona" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ChiShona</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-co mw-list-item"><a href="https://co.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Valetta" title="A Valetta – Corsican" lang="co" hreflang="co" data-title="A Valetta" 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/Valletta" title="Valletta – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Valletta" 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/Valletta" title="Valletta – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Valletta" 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/%DA%A4%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%B7%D8%A7" title="ڤاليطا – Moroccan Arabic" lang="ary" hreflang="ary" data-title="ڤاليطا" data-language-autonym="الدارجة" data-language-local-name="Moroccan Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>الدارجة</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-se mw-list-item"><a href="https://se.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valletta" title="Valletta – Northern Sami" lang="se" hreflang="se" data-title="Valletta" data-language-autonym="Davvisámegiella" data-language-local-name="Northern Sami" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Davvisámegiella</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valletta" title="Valletta – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Valletta" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valletta" title="Valletta – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Valletta" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%92%CE%B1%CE%BB%CE%AD%CF%84%CE%B1" title="Βαλέτα – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Βαλέτα" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-myv mw-list-item"><a href="https://myv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%BB%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%82%D0%B0_%D0%BE%D1%88" title="Валлетта ош – Erzya" lang="myv" hreflang="myv" data-title="Валлетта ош" data-language-autonym="Эрзянь" data-language-local-name="Erzya" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Эрзянь</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Valeta" title="La Valeta – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="La Valeta" 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/La-Valeto" title="La-Valeto – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="La-Valeto" 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/Valleta_(Malta)" title="Valleta (Malta) – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Valleta (Malta)" 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/%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%A7" title="والتا – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="والتا" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hif mw-list-item"><a href="https://hif.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valletta" title="Valletta – Fiji Hindi" lang="hif" hreflang="hif" data-title="Valletta" data-language-autonym="Fiji Hindi" data-language-local-name="Fiji Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Fiji Hindi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Valette" title="La Valette – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="La Valette" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fy mw-list-item"><a href="https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valletta" title="Valletta – Western Frisian" lang="fy" hreflang="fy" data-title="Valletta" data-language-autonym="Frysk" data-language-local-name="Western Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Frysk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaileite" title="Vaileite – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Vaileite" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gv mw-list-item"><a href="https://gv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valletta" title="Valletta – Manx" lang="gv" hreflang="gv" data-title="Valletta" data-language-autonym="Gaelg" data-language-local-name="Manx" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaelg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gag mw-list-item"><a href="https://gag.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valetta" title="Valetta – Gagauz" lang="gag" hreflang="gag" data-title="Valetta" data-language-autonym="Gagauz" data-language-local-name="Gagauz" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gagauz</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gd mw-list-item"><a href="https://gd.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valletta" title="Valletta – Scottish Gaelic" lang="gd" hreflang="gd" data-title="Valletta" data-language-autonym="Gàidhlig" data-language-local-name="Scottish Gaelic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gàidhlig</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Valeta" title="A Valeta – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="A Valeta" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hak mw-list-item"><a href="https://hak.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valletta" title="Valletta – Hakka Chinese" lang="hak" hreflang="hak" data-title="Valletta" data-language-autonym="客家語 / Hak-kâ-ngî" data-language-local-name="Hakka Chinese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>客家語 / Hak-kâ-ngî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%B0%9C%EB%A0%88%ED%83%80" title="발레타 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="발레타" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ha mw-list-item"><a href="https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valletta" title="Valletta – Hausa" lang="ha" hreflang="ha" data-title="Valletta" data-language-autonym="Hausa" data-language-local-name="Hausa" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hausa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%8E%D5%A1%D5%AC%D5%A5%D5%BF%D5%A1" title="Վալետա – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Վալետա" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B5%E0%A5%88%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%9F%E0%A4%BE" title="वैलेटा – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="वैलेटा" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hsb mw-list-item"><a href="https://hsb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valletta" title="Valletta – Upper Sorbian" lang="hsb" hreflang="hsb" data-title="Valletta" data-language-autonym="Hornjoserbsce" data-language-local-name="Upper Sorbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hornjoserbsce</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valletta" title="Valletta – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Valletta" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valletta" title="Valletta – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="Valletta" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valletta" title="Valletta – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Valletta" 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-ia mw-list-item"><a href="https://ia.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valletta" title="Valletta – Interlingua" lang="ia" hreflang="ia" data-title="Valletta" data-language-autonym="Interlingua" data-language-local-name="Interlingua" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Interlingua</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ie mw-list-item"><a href="https://ie.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valletta" title="Valletta – Interlingue" lang="ie" hreflang="ie" data-title="Valletta" data-language-autonym="Interlingue" data-language-local-name="Interlingue" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Interlingue</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-os mw-list-item"><a href="https://os.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%BB%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%82%C3%A6" title="Валлеттæ – Ossetic" lang="os" hreflang="os" data-title="Валлеттæ" data-language-autonym="Ирон" data-language-local-name="Ossetic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ирон</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-xh mw-list-item"><a href="https://xh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valletta" title="Valletta – Xhosa" lang="xh" hreflang="xh" data-title="Valletta" data-language-autonym="IsiXhosa" data-language-local-name="Xhosa" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>IsiXhosa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valletta" title="Valletta – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Valletta" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Valletta" title="La Valletta – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="La Valletta" 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%95%D7%9C%D7%98%D7%94" title="ולטה – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="ולטה" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%95%E1%83%90%E1%83%9A%E1%83%94%E1%83%A2%E1%83%90" title="ვალეტა – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="ვალეტა" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%BB%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%82%D0%B0" title="Валлетта – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Валлетта" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valletta" title="Valletta – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="Valletta" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kiswahili</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-avk mw-list-item"><a href="https://avk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valletta" title="Valletta – Kotava" lang="avk" hreflang="avk" data-title="Valletta" data-language-autonym="Kotava" data-language-local-name="Kotava" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kotava</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ht mw-list-item"><a href="https://ht.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Val%C3%A8t" title="La Valèt – Haitian Creole" lang="ht" hreflang="ht" data-title="La Valèt" data-language-autonym="Kreyòl ayisyen" data-language-local-name="Haitian Creole" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kreyòl ayisyen</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valetta" title="Valetta – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Valetta" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valleta" title="Valleta – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Valleta" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lb mw-list-item"><a href="https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valletta" title="Valletta – Luxembourgish" lang="lb" hreflang="lb" data-title="Valletta" data-language-autonym="Lëtzebuergesch" data-language-local-name="Luxembourgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lëtzebuergesch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valeta" title="Valeta – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Valeta" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lij mw-list-item"><a href="https://lij.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Valletta" title="A Valletta – Ligurian" lang="lij" hreflang="lij" data-title="A Valletta" data-language-autonym="Ligure" data-language-local-name="Ligurian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ligure</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ln mw-list-item"><a href="https://ln.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valetta" title="Valetta – Lingala" lang="ln" hreflang="ln" data-title="Valetta" data-language-autonym="Lingála" data-language-local-name="Lingala" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lingála</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lfn mw-list-item"><a href="https://lfn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valletta" title="Valletta – Lingua Franca Nova" lang="lfn" hreflang="lfn" data-title="Valletta" data-language-autonym="Lingua Franca Nova" data-language-local-name="Lingua Franca Nova" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lingua Franca Nova</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-olo mw-list-item"><a href="https://olo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valletta" title="Valletta – Livvi-Karelian" lang="olo" hreflang="olo" data-title="Valletta" data-language-autonym="Livvinkarjala" data-language-local-name="Livvi-Karelian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Livvinkarjala</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lmo mw-list-item"><a href="https://lmo.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Valeta" title="La Valeta – Lombard" lang="lmo" hreflang="lmo" data-title="La Valeta" 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/Valletta" title="Valletta – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Valletta" 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%92%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%B0" title="Валета – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Валета" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%B5%E0%B4%B2%E0%B5%87%E0%B4%B1%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B1" title="വലേറ്റ – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="വലേറ്റ" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mt mw-list-item"><a href="https://mt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valletta" title="Valletta – Maltese" lang="mt" hreflang="mt" data-title="Valletta" data-language-autonym="Malti" data-language-local-name="Maltese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mi mw-list-item"><a href="https://mi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valletta" title="Valletta – Māori" lang="mi" hreflang="mi" data-title="Valletta" data-language-autonym="Māori" data-language-local-name="Māori" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Māori</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B5%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B9%E0%A5%85%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%9F%E0%A4%BE" title="व्हॅलेटा – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="व्हॅलेटा" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-xmf mw-list-item"><a href="https://xmf.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%95%E1%83%90%E1%83%9A%E1%83%94%E1%83%A2%E1%83%90" title="ვალეტა – Mingrelian" lang="xmf" hreflang="xmf" data-title="ვალეტა" data-language-autonym="მარგალური" data-language-local-name="Mingrelian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>მარგალური</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%A7" title="فاليتا – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="فاليتا" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mzn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mzn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%A7" title="والتا – Mazanderani" lang="mzn" hreflang="mzn" data-title="والتا" data-language-autonym="مازِرونی" data-language-local-name="Mazanderani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مازِرونی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valletta" title="Valletta – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Valletta" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-min mw-list-item"><a href="https://min.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valletta" title="Valletta – Minangkabau" lang="min" hreflang="min" data-title="Valletta" data-language-autonym="Minangkabau" data-language-local-name="Minangkabau" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Minangkabau</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cdo mw-list-item"><a href="https://cdo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valletta" title="Valletta – Mindong" lang="cdo" hreflang="cdo" data-title="Valletta" data-language-autonym="閩東語 / Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄" data-language-local-name="Mindong" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩東語 / Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%BB%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%82%D0%B0" title="Валлетта – Mongolian" lang="mn" hreflang="mn" data-title="Валлетта" data-language-autonym="Монгол" data-language-local-name="Mongolian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Монгол</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-my mw-list-item"><a href="https://my.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%80%97%E1%80%9A%E1%80%BA%E1%80%9C%E1%80%80%E1%80%BA%E1%80%90%E1%80%AC%E1%80%99%E1%80%BC%E1%80%AD%E1%80%AF%E1%80%B7" title="ဗယ်လက်တာမြို့ – Burmese" lang="my" hreflang="my" data-title="ဗယ်လက်တာမြို့" data-language-autonym="မြန်မာဘာသာ" data-language-local-name="Burmese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>မြန်မာဘာသာ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valletta" title="Valletta – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Valletta" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ne mw-list-item"><a href="https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AD%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%9F" title="भलेट – Nepali" lang="ne" hreflang="ne" data-title="भलेट" data-language-autonym="नेपाली" data-language-local-name="Nepali" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>नेपाली</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%90%E3%83%AC%E3%83%83%E3%82%BF" title="バレッタ – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="バレッタ" 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-ce mw-list-item"><a href="https://ce.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%BB%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%82%D0%B0" title="Валлетта – Chechen" lang="ce" hreflang="ce" data-title="Валлетта" data-language-autonym="Нохчийн" data-language-local-name="Chechen" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Нохчийн</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-frr mw-list-item"><a href="https://frr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valletta" title="Valletta – Northern Frisian" lang="frr" hreflang="frr" data-title="Valletta" data-language-autonym="Nordfriisk" data-language-local-name="Northern Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nordfriisk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valletta" title="Valletta – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Valletta" 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-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valletta" title="Valletta – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Valletta" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nov mw-list-item"><a href="https://nov.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valletta" title="Valletta – Novial" lang="nov" hreflang="nov" data-title="Valletta" data-language-autonym="Novial" data-language-local-name="Novial" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Novial</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-oc mw-list-item"><a href="https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Valeta_(Malta)" title="La Valeta (Malta) – Occitan" lang="oc" hreflang="oc" data-title="La Valeta (Malta)" data-language-autonym="Occitan" data-language-local-name="Occitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Occitan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valletta" title="Valletta – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Valletta" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pa mw-list-item"><a href="https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%B5%E0%A8%B2%E0%A9%88%E0%A8%9F%E0%A8%BE" title="ਵਲੈਟਾ – Punjabi" lang="pa" hreflang="pa" data-title="ਵਲੈਟਾ" data-language-autonym="ਪੰਜਾਬੀ" data-language-local-name="Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ਪੰਜਾਬੀ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%B9%D8%A7" title="ولیٹا – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="ولیٹا" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پنجابی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pap mw-list-item"><a href="https://pap.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valletta" title="Valletta – Papiamento" lang="pap" hreflang="pap" data-title="Valletta" data-language-autonym="Papiamentu" data-language-local-name="Papiamento" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Papiamentu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ps mw-list-item"><a href="https://ps.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%A7" title="والتا – Pashto" lang="ps" hreflang="ps" data-title="والتا" data-language-autonym="پښتو" data-language-local-name="Pashto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پښتو</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pms mw-list-item"><a href="https://pms.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Val%C3%ABtta" title="La Valëtta – Piedmontese" lang="pms" hreflang="pms" data-title="La Valëtta" data-language-autonym="Piemontèis" data-language-local-name="Piedmontese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Piemontèis</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nds mw-list-item"><a href="https://nds.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valletta" title="Valletta – Low German" lang="nds" hreflang="nds" data-title="Valletta" data-language-autonym="Plattdüütsch" data-language-local-name="Low German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Plattdüütsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valletta" title="Valletta – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Valletta" 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/Valeta" title="Valeta – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Valeta" 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/Valletta" title="Valletta – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Valletta" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-qu mw-list-item"><a href="https://qu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valletta" title="Valletta – Quechua" lang="qu" hreflang="qu" data-title="Valletta" data-language-autonym="Runa Simi" data-language-local-name="Quechua" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Runa Simi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%BB%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%82%D0%B0" title="Валлетта – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Валлетта" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sc mw-list-item"><a href="https://sc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valletta" title="Valletta – Sardinian" lang="sc" hreflang="sc" data-title="Valletta" data-language-autonym="Sardu" data-language-local-name="Sardinian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sardu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sco mw-list-item"><a href="https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valletta" title="Valletta – Scots" lang="sco" hreflang="sco" data-title="Valletta" data-language-autonym="Scots" data-language-local-name="Scots" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Scots</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-stq mw-list-item"><a href="https://stq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valletta" title="Valletta – Saterland Frisian" lang="stq" hreflang="stq" data-title="Valletta" data-language-autonym="Seeltersk" data-language-local-name="Saterland Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Seeltersk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sq mw-list-item"><a href="https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valeta" title="Valeta – Albanian" lang="sq" hreflang="sq" data-title="Valeta" data-language-autonym="Shqip" data-language-local-name="Albanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Shqip</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-scn mw-list-item"><a href="https://scn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valletta" title="Valletta – Sicilian" lang="scn" hreflang="scn" data-title="Valletta" data-language-autonym="Sicilianu" data-language-local-name="Sicilian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sicilianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valletta" title="Valletta – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Valletta" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valletta" title="Valletta – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="Valletta" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenčina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valletta" title="Valletta – Slovenian" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="Valletta" data-language-autonym="Slovenščina" data-language-local-name="Slovenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenščina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-szl mw-list-item"><a href="https://szl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valletta" title="Valletta – Silesian" lang="szl" hreflang="szl" data-title="Valletta" data-language-autonym="Ślůnski" data-language-local-name="Silesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ślůnski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-so mw-list-item"><a href="https://so.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valletta" title="Valletta – Somali" lang="so" hreflang="so" data-title="Valletta" data-language-autonym="Soomaaliga" data-language-local-name="Somali" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Soomaaliga</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ckb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A4%D8%A7%D9%84%DB%8E%D8%AA%D8%A7" title="ڤالێتا – Central Kurdish" lang="ckb" hreflang="ckb" data-title="ڤالێتا" data-language-autonym="کوردی" data-language-local-name="Central Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>کوردی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%B0" title="Валета – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Валета" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valletta" title="Valletta – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Valletta" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valletta" title="Valletta – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Valletta" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valletta" title="Valletta – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Valletta" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tl mw-list-item"><a href="https://tl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valeta" title="Valeta – Tagalog" lang="tl" hreflang="tl" data-title="Valeta" data-language-autonym="Tagalog" data-language-local-name="Tagalog" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tagalog</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ta mw-list-item"><a href="https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%B5%E0%AE%B2%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%B2%E0%AF%86%E0%AE%9F%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%9F%E0%AE%BE" title="வல்லெட்டா – Tamil" lang="ta" hreflang="ta" data-title="வல்லெட்டா" data-language-autonym="தமிழ்" data-language-local-name="Tamil" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>தமிழ்</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kab mw-list-item"><a href="https://kab.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valletta" title="Valletta – Kabyle" lang="kab" hreflang="kab" data-title="Valletta" data-language-autonym="Taqbaylit" data-language-local-name="Kabyle" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Taqbaylit</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tt mw-list-item"><a href="https://tt.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%BB%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%82%D0%B0" title="Валлетта – Tatar" lang="tt" hreflang="tt" data-title="Валлетта" data-language-autonym="Татарча / tatarça" data-language-local-name="Tatar" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Татарча / tatarça</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-th mw-list-item"><a href="https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B8%A7%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%A5%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%A5%E0%B8%95%E0%B8%95%E0%B8%B2" title="วัลเลตตา – Thai" lang="th" hreflang="th" data-title="วัลเลตตา" data-language-autonym="ไทย" data-language-local-name="Thai" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ไทย</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tg mw-list-item"><a href="https://tg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%BB%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%82%D0%B0" title="Валлетта – Tajik" lang="tg" hreflang="tg" data-title="Валлетта" data-language-autonym="Тоҷикӣ" data-language-local-name="Tajik" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Тоҷикӣ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valletta" title="Valletta – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="Valletta" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tw mw-list-item"><a href="https://tw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valletta" title="Valletta – Twi" lang="tw" hreflang="tw" data-title="Valletta" data-language-autonym="Twi" data-language-local-name="Twi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Twi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-udm mw-list-item"><a href="https://udm.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%BB%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%82%D0%B0" title="Валлетта – Udmurt" lang="udm" hreflang="udm" data-title="Валлетта" data-language-autonym="Удмурт" data-language-local-name="Udmurt" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Удмурт</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%BB%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%82%D0%B0" title="Валлетта – Ukrainian" lang="uk" hreflang="uk" data-title="Валлетта" data-language-autonym="Українська" data-language-local-name="Ukrainian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Українська</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ur mw-list-item"><a href="https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%B9%D8%A7" title="والیٹا – Urdu" lang="ur" hreflang="ur" data-title="والیٹا" data-language-autonym="اردو" data-language-local-name="Urdu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>اردو</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vec mw-list-item"><a href="https://vec.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%81a_Va%C5%82eta" title="Ła Vałeta – Venetian" lang="vec" hreflang="vec" data-title="Ła Vałeta" data-language-autonym="Vèneto" data-language-local-name="Venetian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Vèneto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vep mw-list-item"><a href="https://vep.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vallett" title="Vallett – Veps" lang="vep" hreflang="vep" data-title="Vallett" data-language-autonym="Vepsän kel’" data-language-local-name="Veps" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Vepsän kel’</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vi mw-list-item"><a href="https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valletta" title="Valletta – Vietnamese" lang="vi" hreflang="vi" data-title="Valletta" data-language-autonym="Tiếng Việt" data-language-local-name="Vietnamese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tiếng Việt</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vo mw-list-item"><a href="https://vo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valletta" title="Valletta – Volapük" lang="vo" hreflang="vo" data-title="Valletta" data-language-autonym="Volapük" data-language-local-name="Volapük" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Volapük</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vls mw-list-item"><a href="https://vls.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valletta" title="Valletta – West Flemish" lang="vls" hreflang="vls" data-title="Valletta" data-language-autonym="West-Vlams" data-language-local-name="West Flemish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>West-Vlams</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-war mw-list-item"><a href="https://war.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valletta" title="Valletta – Waray" lang="war" hreflang="war" data-title="Valletta" data-language-autonym="Winaray" data-language-local-name="Waray" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Winaray</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-wo mw-list-item"><a href="https://wo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waleta" title="Waleta – Wolof" lang="wo" hreflang="wo" data-title="Waleta" data-language-autonym="Wolof" data-language-local-name="Wolof" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Wolof</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-wuu mw-list-item"><a href="https://wuu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%93%A6%E8%8E%B1%E5%A1%94" title="瓦莱塔 – Wu" lang="wuu" hreflang="wuu" data-title="瓦莱塔" data-language-autonym="吴语" data-language-local-name="Wu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>吴语</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-yi mw-list-item"><a href="https://yi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%95%D7%95%D7%90%D7%9C%D7%A2%D7%98%D7%90" title="וואלעטא – Yiddish" lang="yi" hreflang="yi" data-title="וואלעטא" data-language-autonym="ייִדיש" data-language-local-name="Yiddish" 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typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:St._John%27s_Co-Cathedral_-_Interior.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/St._John%27s_Co-Cathedral_-_Interior.jpg/132px-St._John%27s_Co-Cathedral_-_Interior.jpg" decoding="async" width="132" height="88" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/St._John%27s_Co-Cathedral_-_Interior.jpg/198px-St._John%27s_Co-Cathedral_-_Interior.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/St._John%27s_Co-Cathedral_-_Interior.jpg/264px-St._John%27s_Co-Cathedral_-_Interior.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4272" data-file-height="2848" /></a></span></div></div><div class="tsingle" style="width:134px;max-width:134px"><div style="border:1;;height:88px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Malta_-_Valletta_-_St._Michael%27s_Bastion_(Manoel_Island)_01_ies.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Malta_-_Valletta_-_St._Michael%27s_Bastion_%28Manoel_Island%29_01_ies.jpg/132px-Malta_-_Valletta_-_St._Michael%27s_Bastion_%28Manoel_Island%29_01_ies.jpg" decoding="async" width="132" height="88" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Malta_-_Valletta_-_St._Michael%27s_Bastion_%28Manoel_Island%29_01_ies.jpg/198px-Malta_-_Valletta_-_St._Michael%27s_Bastion_%28Manoel_Island%29_01_ies.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Malta_-_Valletta_-_St._Michael%27s_Bastion_%28Manoel_Island%29_01_ies.jpg/264px-Malta_-_Valletta_-_St._Michael%27s_Bastion_%28Manoel_Island%29_01_ies.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5616" data-file-height="3744" /></a></span></div></div></div></div></div><div class="ib-settlement-caption">From top: Skyline, <a href="/wiki/Saluting_Battery_(Valletta)" title="Saluting Battery (Valletta)">Saluting Battery</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lower_Barrakka_Gardens" title="Lower Barrakka Gardens">Lower Barrakka Gardens</a>, <a href="/wiki/St._John%27s_Co-Cathedral" class="mw-redirect" title="St. John's Co-Cathedral">St. John's Co-Cathedral</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Fortifications_of_Valletta" title="Fortifications of Valletta">city walls</a></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data maptable"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1028600610">.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols{text-align:center;display:table;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols-row{display:table-row}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols-cell{display:table-cell;vertical-align:middle}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols-cellt{display:table-cell;vertical-align:top}</style> <div class="ib-settlement-cols"> <div class="ib-settlement-cols-row"><div class="ib-settlement-cols-cell"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Valletta,_Malta.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Flag of Valletta"><img alt="Flag of Valletta" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/Flag_of_Valletta%2C_Malta.svg/100px-Flag_of_Valletta%2C_Malta.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="67" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/Flag_of_Valletta%2C_Malta.svg/150px-Flag_of_Valletta%2C_Malta.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/Flag_of_Valletta%2C_Malta.svg/200px-Flag_of_Valletta%2C_Malta.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption-link">Flag</div></div><div class="ib-settlement-cols-cell"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Insigne_Valettae_coronatum.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Coat of arms of Valletta"><img alt="Coat of arms of Valletta" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Insigne_Valettae_coronatum.svg/59px-Insigne_Valettae_coronatum.svg.png" decoding="async" width="59" height="100" 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Malta" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Malta_relief_location_map.png/250px-Malta_relief_location_map.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="233" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Malta_relief_location_map.png/375px-Malta_relief_location_map.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Malta_relief_location_map.png/500px-Malta_relief_location_map.png 2x" data-file-width="773" data-file-height="719" /></a></span><div class="od notheme" style="top:63.685%;left:79.808%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-3px;top:-3px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Valletta"><img alt="Valletta" 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, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/12px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pl" style="width:6em;right:4px"><div>Valletta</div></div></div></div><div style="padding-top:0.2em">Map of the Maltese <a href="/wiki/Archipelago" title="Archipelago">Archipelago</a> with Valletta</div><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none">Show map of Malta</span></div></div></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238443738"><div class="center"><div class="locmap" style="width:250px;float:none;clear:both;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto"><div style="width:250px;padding:0"><div style="position:relative;width:250px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Europe_EU_laea_location_map.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Valletta is located in European Union"><img alt="Valletta is located in European Union" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Europe_EU_laea_location_map.svg/250px-Europe_EU_laea_location_map.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="214" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Europe_EU_laea_location_map.svg/375px-Europe_EU_laea_location_map.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Europe_EU_laea_location_map.svg/500px-Europe_EU_laea_location_map.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1401" data-file-height="1198" /></a></span><div class="od notheme" style="top:97.847%;left:44.861%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-3px;top:-3px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Valletta"><img alt="Valletta" 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, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/12px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pr" style="width:6em;left:4px"><div>Valletta</div></div></div></div><div style="padding-top:0.2em">Valletta (European Union)</div><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none">Show map of European Union</span></div></div></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238443738"><div class="center"><div class="locmap" style="width:250px;float:none;clear:both;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto"><div style="width:250px;padding:0"><div style="position:relative;width:250px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Relief_Map_of_Mediterranean_Sea.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Valletta is located in Mediterranean"><img alt="Valletta is located in Mediterranean" 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:63.693%;left:43.46%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-3px;top:-3px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Valletta"><img alt="Valletta" 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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href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Valletta&params=35_53_54_N_14_30_45_E_type:city_region:MT"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">35°53′54″N</span> <span class="longitude">14°30′45″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">35.89833°N 14.51250°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">35.89833; 14.51250</span></span></span></a></span></span><sup id="cite_ref-badger_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-badger-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data"><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/Port_Region,_Malta" title="Port Region, Malta">Port 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/Southern_Harbour_District" class="mw-redirect" title="Southern Harbour District">Southern Harbour District</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Capital city</th><td class="infobox-data">18 March 1571</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founded by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Jean_Parisot_de_Valette" title="Jean Parisot de Valette">Jean de Parisot Valette</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Borders</th><td class="infobox-data"><b></b><a href="/wiki/Floriana" title="Floriana">Floriana</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">Olaf McKay (<a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(Malta)" title="Labour Party (Malta)">PL</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;"> • <a href="/wiki/Capital_city" title="Capital city">Capital city</a> and <a href="/wiki/Local_councils_of_Malta" title="Local councils of Malta">local council</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data">0.61 km<sup>2</sup> (0.24 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Urban<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th><td class="infobox-data">256 km<sup>2</sup> (99 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Elevation<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th><td class="infobox-data">56 m (184 ft)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(Jan. 2019)</div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • <a href="/wiki/Capital_city" title="Capital city">Capital city</a> and <a href="/wiki/Local_councils_of_Malta" title="Local councils of Malta">local council</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data">5,157</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data">8,500/km<sup>2</sup> (22,000/sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Urban_area" title="Urban area">Urban</a><div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th><td class="infobox-data">480,134<sup id="cite_ref-Eurostat_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Eurostat-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></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">Belti (m), Beltija (f), Beltin (pl)</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">VLT</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_country_calling_codes" 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-60</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_Dominic" title="Saint Dominic">St. Dominic</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Our_Lady_of_Mount_Carmel" title="Our Lady of Mount Carmel">Our Lady of Mount Carmel</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Paul_the_Apostle" title="Paul the Apostle">St. Paul</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Augustine_of_Hippo" title="Augustine of Hippo">St. Augustine</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">3 August<br />10 February</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="official-website"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.cityofvalletta.org/">Official website</a></span></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data maptable"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1151960987">body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox table{display:table}body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox caption{display:table-caption}</style> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header"><div style="border:4px solid #0177D3; line-height: 1.5; text-align: center;"> <a href="/wiki/World_Heritage_Site" title="World Heritage Site">UNESCO World Heritage Site</a></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.3em;">Official name</th><td class="infobox-data">City of Valletta</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.3em;"><a href="/wiki/World_Heritage_Site#Selection_criteria" title="World Heritage Site">Criteria</a></th><td class="infobox-data category">Cultural: i, vi</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.3em;">Reference</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/131">131</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.3em;">Inscription</th><td class="infobox-data">1980 (4th <a href="/wiki/World_Heritage_Committee" title="World Heritage Committee">Session</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.3em;">Area</th><td class="infobox-data category">55.5 ha</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Valletta</b> (<span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="'v' in 'vie'">v</span><span title="/ə/: 'a' in 'about'">ə</span><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="'l' in 'lie'">l</span><span title="/ɛ/: 'e' in 'dress'">ɛ</span><span title="'t' in 'tie'">t</span><span title="/ə/: 'a' in 'about'">ə</span></span>/</a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Help:Pronunciation_respelling_key" title="Help:Pronunciation respelling key"><i title="English pronunciation respelling">və-<span style="font-size:90%">LET</span>-ə</i></a>; <a href="/wiki/Maltese_language" title="Maltese language">Maltese</a>: <i lang="mt">il-Belt Valletta</i>, <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1177148991">.mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}</style><span class="IPA-label IPA-label-small">pronounced</span> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="mt-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Maltese" title="Help:IPA/Maltese">[vɐlˈlɛttɐ]</a></span>) is the <a href="/wiki/Capital_city" title="Capital city">capital city</a> of <a href="/wiki/Malta" title="Malta">Malta</a> and one of its 68 <a href="/wiki/Local_councils_of_Malta" title="Local councils of Malta">council areas</a>. Located between the <a href="/wiki/Grand_Harbour" title="Grand Harbour">Grand Harbour</a> to the east and <a href="/wiki/Marsamxett_Harbour" title="Marsamxett Harbour">Marsamxett Harbour</a> to the west, its population as of 2021 was 5,157.<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> As Malta’s capital city, it is a commercial centre for shopping, bars, dining, and café life. It is also the southernmost capital of <a href="/wiki/Europe" title="Europe">Europe</a>,<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><sup id="cite_ref-Cyprus_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Cyprus-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and at just 0.61 square kilometres (0.24 sq mi), it is the <a href="/wiki/European_Union" title="European Union">European Union</a>'s smallest capital city.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Valletta's 16th-century buildings were constructed by the <a href="/wiki/Hospitaller_Malta" title="Hospitaller Malta">Knights Hospitaller</a>. The city was named after the Frenchman <a href="/wiki/Jean_Parisot_de_Valette" title="Jean Parisot de Valette">Jean Parisot de Valette</a>, who succeeded in defending the island against an Ottoman invasion during the <a href="/wiki/Great_Siege_of_Malta" title="Great Siege of Malta">Great Siege of Malta</a>. The city is <a href="/wiki/Baroque_architecture" title="Baroque architecture">Baroque</a> in character, with elements of <a href="/wiki/Mannerist_architecture#Mannerist_architecture" class="mw-redirect" title="Mannerist architecture">Mannerist</a>, <a href="/wiki/Neoclassical_architecture" title="Neoclassical architecture">Neo-Classical</a> and <a href="/wiki/Modern_architecture" title="Modern architecture">Modern architecture</a>, though the <a href="/wiki/Second_World_War" class="mw-redirect" title="Second World War">Second World War</a> left major scars on the city, particularly the destruction of the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Opera_House,_Valletta" title="Royal Opera House, Valletta">Royal Opera House</a>. The city was officially recognised as a <a href="/wiki/World_Heritage_Site" title="World Heritage Site">World Heritage Site</a> by <a href="/wiki/UNESCO" title="UNESCO">UNESCO</a> in 1980.<sup id="cite_ref-unesco_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-unesco-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The city has 320 monuments, all within an area of 0.55 square kilometres (0.21 sq mi), making it one of the most concentrated historic areas in the world.<sup id="cite_ref-unesco_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-unesco-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Sometimes called an "open-air museum",<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Valletta was chosen as the <a href="/wiki/European_Capital_of_Culture" title="European Capital of Culture">European Capital of Culture</a> in 2018. Valletta was also listed as the sunniest city in Europe in 2016.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The city is noted for <a href="/wiki/Fortifications_of_Valletta" title="Fortifications of Valletta">its fortifications</a>, consisting of <a href="/wiki/Bastion" title="Bastion">bastions</a>, <a href="/wiki/Curtain_wall_(fortification)" title="Curtain wall (fortification)">curtains</a> and <a href="/wiki/Cavalier_(fortification)" title="Cavalier (fortification)">cavaliers</a>, along with the beauty of its <a href="/wiki/Baroque" title="Baroque">Baroque</a> palaces, gardens and churches. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <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=Valletta&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><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">See also: <a href="/wiki/Mount_Sciberras" class="mw-redirect" title="Mount Sciberras">Mount Sciberras</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sciberras_Peninsula" title="Sciberras Peninsula">Sciberras Peninsula</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Malta_-_Valletta_-_Triq_il-Merkanti_12_ies.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/Malta_-_Valletta_-_Triq_il-Merkanti_12_ies.jpg/220px-Malta_-_Valletta_-_Triq_il-Merkanti_12_ies.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/Malta_-_Valletta_-_Triq_il-Merkanti_12_ies.jpg/330px-Malta_-_Valletta_-_Triq_il-Merkanti_12_ies.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/Malta_-_Valletta_-_Triq_il-Merkanti_12_ies.jpg/440px-Malta_-_Valletta_-_Triq_il-Merkanti_12_ies.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5616" data-file-height="3744" /></a><figcaption>Former mural at <i><a href="/wiki/Is-Suq_tal-Belt" title="Is-Suq tal-Belt">Is-Suq tal-Belt</a></i> illustrating the city's construction</figcaption></figure> <p>The peninsula was previously called <i>Xagħret Mewwija</i> (Mu' awiya – Meuia; named during the Arab period<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>)<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> or Ħal Newwija.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Mewwija refers to a sheltered place.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Some authors state that the extreme end of the peninsula was known as Xebb ir-Ras (Sheb point), of which name origins from the lighthouse on site.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-BRILL_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BRILL-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A family which surely owned land became known as <i>Sceberras</i>, now a Maltese surname as Sciberras.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At one point the entire peninsula became known as Sceberras. </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1224211176">.mw-parser-output .quotebox{background-color:#F9F9F9;border:1px solid #aaa;box-sizing:border-box;padding:10px;font-size:88%;max-width:100%}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatleft{margin:.5em 1.4em .8em 0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatright{margin:.5em 0 .8em 1.4em}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.centered{overflow:hidden;position:relative;margin:.5em auto .8em auto}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatleft span,.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatright span{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .quotebox>blockquote{margin:0;padding:0;border-left:0;font-family:inherit;font-size:inherit}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-title{text-align:center;font-size:110%;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output 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font-size: 100%; color: #202122;background-color: #B0C4DE;"> <div class="quotebox-title" style="color: #202122;background-color: #B0C4DE;">Historical affiliations</div> <blockquote class="quotebox-quote left-aligned" style=""> <p><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Order_of_Knights_of_the_Hospital_of_Saint_John_of_Jerusalem" title="Order of Knights of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem"><img alt="Order of Knights of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/Flag_of_the_Order_of_St._John_%28various%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Order_of_St._John_%28various%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/Flag_of_the_Order_of_St._John_%28various%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Order_of_St._John_%28various%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/Flag_of_the_Order_of_St._John_%28various%29.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Order_of_St._John_%28various%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Hospitaller_Malta" title="Hospitaller Malta">Hospitaller Malta</a> 1566–1798<br /> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/France" title="France"><img alt="France" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/23px-Flag_of_France.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/35px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/45px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/French_occupation_of_Malta" title="French occupation of Malta">French Republic</a> 1798–1800<br /> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom"><img alt="United Kingdom" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Malta_Protectorate" title="Malta Protectorate">Protectorate of Malta</a> 1800–1813<br /> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Malta" title="Malta"><img alt="Malta" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Flag_of_Malta_%281943%E2%80%931964%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Malta_%281943%E2%80%931964%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Flag_of_Malta_%281943%E2%80%931964%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Malta_%281943%E2%80%931964%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Flag_of_Malta_%281943%E2%80%931964%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Malta_%281943%E2%80%931964%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Crown_Colony_of_Malta" title="Crown Colony of Malta">Crown Colony of Malta</a> 1813–1964<br /> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Malta" title="Malta"><img alt="Malta" 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" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/State_of_Malta" title="State of Malta">State of Malta</a> 1964–1974<br /> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Malta" title="Malta"><img alt="Malta" 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" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Malta" title="Malta">Republic of Malta</a> 1974–present </p> </blockquote> </div> <p>Recent scholarly studies have however shown that the Xeberras phrase is of Punic origin and means 'the headland' and 'the middle peninsula' as it actually is.<sup id="cite_ref-Article_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Article-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Order_of_Saint_John">Order of Saint John</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Valletta&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Order of Saint John"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:DetalleSiegeMalta.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/DetalleSiegeMalta.jpg/220px-DetalleSiegeMalta.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="157" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/DetalleSiegeMalta.jpg/330px-DetalleSiegeMalta.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/DetalleSiegeMalta.jpg/440px-DetalleSiegeMalta.jpg 2x" data-file-width="844" data-file-height="603" /></a><figcaption>The Ottoman army bombs the Knights' Three Cities from the peninsula of Sciberras during the 1565 <a href="/wiki/Great_Siege_of_Malta" title="Great Siege of Malta">Great Siege</a>.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Malte,_La_Valette,_co-cath%C3%A9drale_St_Jean.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Malte%2C_La_Valette%2C_co-cath%C3%A9drale_St_Jean.jpg/220px-Malte%2C_La_Valette%2C_co-cath%C3%A9drale_St_Jean.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Malte%2C_La_Valette%2C_co-cath%C3%A9drale_St_Jean.jpg/330px-Malte%2C_La_Valette%2C_co-cath%C3%A9drale_St_Jean.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Malte%2C_La_Valette%2C_co-cath%C3%A9drale_St_Jean.jpg/440px-Malte%2C_La_Valette%2C_co-cath%C3%A9drale_St_Jean.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4608" data-file-height="3072" /></a><figcaption>The nave of <a href="/wiki/Saint_John%27s_Co-Cathedral" title="Saint John's Co-Cathedral">Saint John's Co-Cathedral</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Grandmaster%27s_palace,_Valletta.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Grandmaster%27s_palace%2C_Valletta.jpg/220px-Grandmaster%27s_palace%2C_Valletta.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Grandmaster%27s_palace%2C_Valletta.jpg/330px-Grandmaster%27s_palace%2C_Valletta.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Grandmaster%27s_palace%2C_Valletta.jpg/440px-Grandmaster%27s_palace%2C_Valletta.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4608" data-file-height="3456" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Grandmaster%27s_Palace_(Valletta)" class="mw-redirect" title="Grandmaster's Palace (Valletta)">Grandmaster's Palace</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:GrandHarbourValletta1801.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/GrandHarbourValletta1801.jpg/220px-GrandHarbourValletta1801.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="136" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/GrandHarbourValletta1801.jpg/330px-GrandHarbourValletta1801.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/GrandHarbourValletta1801.jpg/440px-GrandHarbourValletta1801.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2528" data-file-height="1558" /></a><figcaption>Valletta and the <a href="/wiki/Grand_Harbour" title="Grand Harbour">Grand Harbour</a> <abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 1801</span></figcaption></figure> <p>The building of a city on the Sciberras Peninsula had been proposed by the <a href="/wiki/Knights_Hospitaller" title="Knights Hospitaller">Order of Saint John</a> as early as 1524.<sup id="cite_ref-about_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-about-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Back then, the only building on the peninsula was a small watchtower<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> dedicated to <a href="/wiki/Erasmus_of_Formia" title="Erasmus of Formia">Erasmus of Formia</a> (Saint Elmo), which had been built in 1488.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1552, the Aragonite watchtower was demolished and the larger <a href="/wiki/Fort_Saint_Elmo" title="Fort Saint Elmo">Fort Saint Elmo</a> was built in its place.<sup id="cite_ref-cityhistory_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cityhistory-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the <a href="/wiki/Great_Siege_of_Malta" title="Great Siege of Malta">Great Siege</a> of 1565, Fort Saint Elmo fell to the <a href="/wiki/Ottoman_Empire" title="Ottoman Empire">Ottomans</a>, but the Order eventually won the siege with the help of Sicilian reinforcements. The victorious Grand Master, <a href="/wiki/Jean_Parisot_de_Valette" title="Jean Parisot de Valette">Jean de Valette</a>, immediately set out to build a new fortified city on the Sciberras Peninsula to fortify the Order's position in Malta and bind the Knights to the island. The city took his name and was called <i>La Valletta</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Grand Master asked the European kings and princes for help, receiving a lot of assistance due to the increased fame of the Order after their victory in the Great Siege. <a href="/wiki/Pope_Pius_V" title="Pope Pius V">Pope Pius V</a> sent his military architect, <a href="/wiki/Francesco_Laparelli" title="Francesco Laparelli">Francesco Laparelli</a>, to design the new city, while <a href="/wiki/Philip_II_of_Spain" title="Philip II of Spain">Philip II of Spain</a> sent substantial monetary aid. The <a href="/wiki/Cornerstone" title="Cornerstone">foundation stone</a> of the city was laid by Grand Master de Valette on 28 March 1566. He placed the first stone in what later became <a href="/wiki/Our_Lady_of_Victories_Church,_Valletta" class="mw-redirect" title="Our Lady of Victories Church, Valletta">Our Lady of Victories Church</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-journal_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-journal-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In his book <i>Dell'Istoria della Sacra Religione et Illustrissima Militia di San Giovanni Gierosolimitano</i> (English: <span lang="en">The History of the Sacred Religion and Illustrious Militia of St John of Jerusalem</span>), written between 1594 and 1602, <a href="/wiki/Giacomo_Bosio" title="Giacomo Bosio">Giacomo Bosio</a> writes that when the cornerstone of Valletta was placed, a group of <a href="/wiki/Maltese_people" title="Maltese people">Maltese</a> elders said: "<i>Iegi zimen en fel wardia col sceber raba iesue uquie</i>" (Which in modern Maltese reads, "<i>Jiġi żmien li fil-Wardija [l-Għolja Sciberras] kull xiber raba' jiswa uqija</i>", and in English, "There will come a time when every piece of land on Sciberras Hill will be worth its weight in gold").<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>De Valette died from a stroke on 21 August 1568 at age 74 and never saw the completion of his city. Originally interred in the church of Our Lady of the Victories, his remains now rest in <a href="/wiki/St._John%27s_Co-Cathedral" class="mw-redirect" title="St. John's Co-Cathedral">St. John's Co-Cathedral</a> among the tombs of other Grand Masters of the <a href="/wiki/Knights_Hospitaller" title="Knights Hospitaller">Knights of Malta</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-journal_27-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-journal-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Francesco_Laparelli" title="Francesco Laparelli">Francesco Laparelli</a> was the city's principal designer and his plan departed from medieval Maltese architecture, which exhibited irregular winding streets and alleys. He designed the new city on a rectangular <a href="/wiki/Grid_plan" title="Grid plan">grid plan</a>, and without any <i>collacchio</i> (an area restricted for important buildings). The streets were designed to be wide and straight, beginning centrally from the <a href="/wiki/City_Gate_(Valletta)" title="City Gate (Valletta)">City Gate</a> and ending at Fort Saint Elmo (which was rebuilt) overlooking the Mediterranean; certain bastions were built 47 metres (154 ft) high. His assistant was the Maltese architect <a href="/wiki/Girolamo_Cassar" title="Girolamo Cassar">Girolamo Cassar</a>, who later oversaw the construction of the city himself after Laparelli's death in 1570.<sup id="cite_ref-journal_27-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-journal-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ufficio_delle_Case&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ufficio delle Case (page does not exist)">Ufficio delle Case</a></i> regulated the building of the city as a <a href="/wiki/Planning_authority" class="mw-redirect" title="Planning authority">planning authority</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The city of Valletta was mostly completed by the early 1570s, and it became the capital on 18 March 1571 when Grand Master <a href="/wiki/Pierre_de_Monte" title="Pierre de Monte">Pierre de Monte</a> moved from his seat at <a href="/wiki/Fort_St_Angelo" class="mw-redirect" title="Fort St Angelo">Fort St Angelo</a> in <a href="/wiki/Birgu" title="Birgu">Birgu</a> to the <a href="/wiki/Grandmaster%27s_Palace_in_Valletta" class="mw-redirect" title="Grandmaster's Palace in Valletta">Grandmaster's Palace in Valletta</a>. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Joseph_Mallord_William_Turner_-_Malta.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/Joseph_Mallord_William_Turner_-_Malta.jpg/220px-Joseph_Mallord_William_Turner_-_Malta.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="155" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/Joseph_Mallord_William_Turner_-_Malta.jpg/330px-Joseph_Mallord_William_Turner_-_Malta.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/Joseph_Mallord_William_Turner_-_Malta.jpg/440px-Joseph_Mallord_William_Turner_-_Malta.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1408" data-file-height="993" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/J._M._W._Turner" title="J. M. W. Turner">Turner's</a> depiction of the <a href="/wiki/Grand_Harbour" title="Grand Harbour">Grand Harbour</a>, <a href="/wiki/National_Museum_of_Fine_Arts_(Malta)" class="mw-redirect" title="National Museum of Fine Arts (Malta)">National Museum of Fine Arts</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Seven Auberges were built for the <a href="/wiki/Langue_(Knights_Hospitaller)" title="Langue (Knights Hospitaller)">Order's Langues</a>, and these were complete by the 1580s.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> An eighth Auberge, <a href="/wiki/Auberge_de_Bavi%C3%A8re" title="Auberge de Bavière">Auberge de Bavière</a>, was later added in the 18th century.<sup id="cite_ref-melitensiawth-phw_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-melitensiawth-phw-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In <a href="/wiki/Antoine_de_Paule" title="Antoine de Paule">Antoine de Paule</a>'s reign, it was decided to build more fortifications to protect Valletta, and these were named the <a href="/wiki/Floriana_Lines" title="Floriana Lines">Floriana Lines</a> after the architect who designed them, <a href="/wiki/Pietro_Paolo_Floriani" title="Pietro Paolo Floriani">Pietro Paolo Floriani</a> of <a href="/wiki/Macerata" title="Macerata">Macerata</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During <a href="/wiki/Ant%C3%B3nio_Manoel_de_Vilhena" title="António Manoel de Vilhena">António Manoel de Vilhena</a>'s reign, a town began to form between the walls of Valletta and the Floriana Lines, and this evolved from a suburb of Valletta to <a href="/wiki/Floriana" title="Floriana">Floriana</a>, a town in its own right.<sup id="cite_ref-armstrong_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-armstrong-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1634, a <a href="/wiki/1634_Valletta_explosion" title="1634 Valletta explosion">gunpowder factory explosion</a> killed 22 people in Valletta.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1749, Muslim slaves <a href="/wiki/Conspiracy_of_the_Slaves" class="mw-redirect" title="Conspiracy of the Slaves">plotted</a> to kill Grandmaster <a href="/wiki/Manuel_Pinto_da_Fonseca" title="Manuel Pinto da Fonseca">Pinto</a> and take over Valletta, but the revolt was suppressed before it even started due to their plans leaking out to the Order.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Later on in his reign, Pinto embellished the city with <a href="/wiki/Baroque_architecture" title="Baroque architecture">Baroque architecture</a>, and many important buildings such as <a href="/wiki/Auberge_de_Castille" title="Auberge de Castille">Auberge de Castille</a> were remodeled or completely rebuilt in the new architectural style.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1775, during the reign of <a href="/wiki/Francisco_Ximenes_de_Texada" class="mw-redirect" title="Francisco Ximenes de Texada">Ximenes</a>, an unsuccessful revolt known as the <a href="/wiki/Rising_of_the_Priests" title="Rising of the Priests">Rising of the Priests</a> occurred in which Fort Saint Elmo and <a href="/wiki/Saint_James_Cavalier" title="Saint James Cavalier">Saint James Cavalier</a> were captured by rebels, but the revolt was eventually suppressed.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<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=Valletta&action=edit&section=3" 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:Malta_GC._Valletta-1967_(8240967236).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Malta_GC._Valletta-1967_%288240967236%29.jpg/220px-Malta_GC._Valletta-1967_%288240967236%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="332" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Malta_GC._Valletta-1967_%288240967236%29.jpg/330px-Malta_GC._Valletta-1967_%288240967236%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Malta_GC._Valletta-1967_%288240967236%29.jpg/440px-Malta_GC._Valletta-1967_%288240967236%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4214" data-file-height="6356" /></a><figcaption>Early morning in 1967 on the notorious Strait Street known to generations of British Servicemen (especially to sailors on shore leave) as "The Gut". Bars and bordellos abounded, and brawls were common, but its popularity never waned.</figcaption></figure> <p>In 1798, the <a href="/wiki/French_occupation_of_Malta" title="French occupation of Malta">French invaded the island</a> and expelled the Order.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After the Maltese rebelled, French troops continued to occupy Valletta and the surrounding harbour area, until they capitulated to the British in September 1800. In the early 19th century, the British Civil Commissioner, <a href="/wiki/Henry_Pigot" title="Henry Pigot">Henry Pigot</a>, agreed to demolish the majority of the city's fortifications.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The demolition was again proposed in the 1870s and 1880s, but it was never carried out and the fortifications have survived largely intact.<sup id="cite_ref-about_22-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-about-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Eventually building projects in Valletta resumed under British rule. These projects included widening gates, demolishing and rebuilding structures, widening newer houses over the years, and installing civic projects. The <a href="/wiki/Malta_Railway" title="Malta Railway">Malta Railway</a>, which linked Valletta to <a href="/wiki/Mdina" title="Mdina">Mdina</a>, was officially opened in 1883.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was closed down in 1931 after <a href="/wiki/Malta_bus" class="mw-redirect" title="Malta bus">buses</a> became a popular means of transport. </p><p>In 1939, Valletta was abandoned as the headquarters of the <a href="/wiki/Mediterranean_Fleet" title="Mediterranean Fleet">Royal Navy Mediterranean Fleet</a> due to its proximity to Italy and the city became a flash point during the subsequent two-year long <a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Malta_(World_War_II)" title="Siege of Malta (World War II)">Siege of Malta</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Jacobs2016_42-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Jacobs2016-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Nazi_Germany" title="Nazi Germany">German</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Italy" title="Kingdom of Italy">Italian</a> air raids throughout the <a href="/wiki/Second_World_War" class="mw-redirect" title="Second World War">Second World War</a> caused much destruction in Valletta and the rest of the harbor area. The <a href="/wiki/Royal_Opera_House,_Valletta" title="Royal Opera House, Valletta">Royal Opera House</a>, constructed at the city entrance in the 19th century, was one of the buildings lost to the raids.<sup id="cite_ref-cityhistory_25-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cityhistory-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-packed"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 154.66666666667px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 152.66666666667px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:-The_Harbor_at_Valletta,_Malta-_MET_DP115643_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Valletta harbour c. 1850, photo by Calvert Jones"><img alt="Valletta harbour c. 1850, photo by Calvert Jones" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/-The_Harbor_at_Valletta%2C_Malta-_MET_DP115643_%28cropped%29.jpg/229px--The_Harbor_at_Valletta%2C_Malta-_MET_DP115643_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="153" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/-The_Harbor_at_Valletta%2C_Malta-_MET_DP115643_%28cropped%29.jpg/343px--The_Harbor_at_Valletta%2C_Malta-_MET_DP115643_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/-The_Harbor_at_Valletta%2C_Malta-_MET_DP115643_%28cropped%29.jpg/457px--The_Harbor_at_Valletta%2C_Malta-_MET_DP115643_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3678" data-file-height="2897" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Valletta harbour <abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 1850</span>, photo by <a href="/wiki/Calvert_Jones" title="Calvert Jones">Calvert Jones</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 172px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 170px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Goats_at_Port_Real_Wellcome_L0045092_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="King's Gate c. 1884–1905"><img alt="King's Gate c. 1884–1905" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Goats_at_Port_Real_Wellcome_L0045092_%28cropped%29.jpg/255px-Goats_at_Port_Real_Wellcome_L0045092_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Goats_at_Port_Real_Wellcome_L0045092_%28cropped%29.jpg/382px-Goats_at_Port_Real_Wellcome_L0045092_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Goats_at_Port_Real_Wellcome_L0045092_%28cropped%29.jpg/509px-Goats_at_Port_Real_Wellcome_L0045092_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3155" data-file-height="2231" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/City_Gate_(Valletta)" title="City Gate (Valletta)">King's Gate</a> <abbr title="circa">c.</abbr> 1884–1905</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 162px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 160px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Teatru_Rjal,_Malta_1911.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Royal Opera House in 1911"><img alt="Royal Opera House in 1911" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Teatru_Rjal%2C_Malta_1911.jpg/240px-Teatru_Rjal%2C_Malta_1911.jpg" decoding="async" width="160" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Teatru_Rjal%2C_Malta_1911.jpg/360px-Teatru_Rjal%2C_Malta_1911.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Teatru_Rjal%2C_Malta_1911.jpg/480px-Teatru_Rjal%2C_Malta_1911.jpg 2x" data-file-width="6974" data-file-height="5230" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Royal_Opera_House,_Valletta" title="Royal Opera House, Valletta">Royal Opera House</a> in 1911</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 160.66666666667px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 158.66666666667px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Bomb_Damage_in_Valletta,_Malta,_1_May_1942._A8701.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Bomb damage in Valletta during the Second World War"><img alt="Bomb damage in Valletta during the Second World War" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Bomb_Damage_in_Valletta%2C_Malta%2C_1_May_1942._A8701.jpg/238px-Bomb_Damage_in_Valletta%2C_Malta%2C_1_May_1942._A8701.jpg" decoding="async" width="159" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Bomb_Damage_in_Valletta%2C_Malta%2C_1_May_1942._A8701.jpg/357px-Bomb_Damage_in_Valletta%2C_Malta%2C_1_May_1942._A8701.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Bomb_Damage_in_Valletta%2C_Malta%2C_1_May_1942._A8701.jpg/475px-Bomb_Damage_in_Valletta%2C_Malta%2C_1_May_1942._A8701.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="606" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Bomb damage in Valletta during the <a href="/wiki/Second_World_War" class="mw-redirect" title="Second World War">Second World War</a></div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Contemporary">Contemporary</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Valletta&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Contemporary"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1980, the <a href="/wiki/24th_Chess_Olympiad" title="24th Chess Olympiad">24th Chess Olympiad</a> took place in Valletta.<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> </p><p>The entire city of Valletta has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1980, along with <a href="/wiki/Megalithic_Temples_of_Malta" title="Megalithic Temples of Malta">Megalithic Temples of Malta</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Hypogeum_of_%C4%A6al-Saflieni" class="mw-redirect" title="Hypogeum of Ħal-Saflieni">Hypogeum of Ħal-Saflieni</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-unesco_8-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-unesco-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-olivergatt_44-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-olivergatt-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 11 November 2015, Valletta hosted the <a href="/wiki/Valletta_Summit_on_Migration" title="Valletta Summit on Migration">Valletta Summit on Migration</a> in which European and African leaders discussed the <a href="/wiki/European_migrant_crisis" class="mw-redirect" title="European migrant crisis">European migrant crisis</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-statewatch_45-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-statewatch-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After that, on 27 November 2015, the city also hosted part of the <a href="/wiki/Commonwealth_Heads_of_Government_Meeting_2015" class="mw-redirect" title="Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting 2015">Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting 2015</a>.<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> </p><p>Valletta was the <a href="/wiki/European_Capital_of_Culture" title="European Capital of Culture">European Capital of Culture</a> in 2018.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-packed"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 196px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 194px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:City_Gate,_Valletta_002.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Renzo Piano's Valletta City Gate (2014)"><img alt="Renzo Piano's Valletta City Gate (2014)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/City_Gate%2C_Valletta_002.jpg/291px-City_Gate%2C_Valletta_002.jpg" decoding="async" width="194" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/City_Gate%2C_Valletta_002.jpg/437px-City_Gate%2C_Valletta_002.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/City_Gate%2C_Valletta_002.jpg/582px-City_Gate%2C_Valletta_002.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4064" data-file-height="2515" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Renzo_Piano" title="Renzo Piano">Renzo Piano</a>'s <a href="/wiki/City_Gate_(Valletta)" title="City Gate (Valletta)">Valletta City Gate</a> (2014)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 182px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 180px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Parliament_Building.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Detail of the Parliament House (2015)"><img alt="Detail of the Parliament House (2015)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Parliament_Building.jpg/270px-Parliament_Building.jpg" decoding="async" width="180" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Parliament_Building.jpg/405px-Parliament_Building.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Parliament_Building.jpg/540px-Parliament_Building.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4272" data-file-height="2848" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Detail of the <a href="/wiki/Parliament_House_(Malta)" title="Parliament House (Malta)">Parliament House</a> (2015)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 186.66666666667px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 184.66666666667px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Sacra_Infermeria_in_2016.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Mediterranean Conference Centre, former Sacra Infermeria (2016)"><img alt="Mediterranean Conference Centre, former Sacra Infermeria (2016)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Sacra_Infermeria_in_2016.jpg/277px-Sacra_Infermeria_in_2016.jpg" decoding="async" width="185" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Sacra_Infermeria_in_2016.jpg/415px-Sacra_Infermeria_in_2016.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Sacra_Infermeria_in_2016.jpg/553px-Sacra_Infermeria_in_2016.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1805" data-file-height="1175" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Mediterranean_Conference_Centre" title="Mediterranean Conference Centre">Mediterranean Conference Centre</a>, former <i>Sacra Infermeria</i> (2016)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 182px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 180px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Triton_Fountain.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Renovated Tritons' Fountain (2018)"><img alt="Renovated Tritons' Fountain (2018)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Triton_Fountain.jpg/270px-Triton_Fountain.jpg" decoding="async" width="180" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Triton_Fountain.jpg/405px-Triton_Fountain.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Triton_Fountain.jpg/540px-Triton_Fountain.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3264" data-file-height="2178" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Renovated <a href="/wiki/Tritons%27_Fountain" title="Tritons' Fountain">Tritons' Fountain</a> (2018)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 162px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 160px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Drapeaux_UE_et_Malte_-_La_Valette.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Auberge d'Italie, renovated in 2016 to host the new MUŻA (Mużew Nazzjonali tal-Arti)"><img alt="Auberge d'Italie, renovated in 2016 to host the new MUŻA (Mużew Nazzjonali tal-Arti)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Drapeaux_UE_et_Malte_-_La_Valette.jpg/240px-Drapeaux_UE_et_Malte_-_La_Valette.jpg" decoding="async" width="160" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Drapeaux_UE_et_Malte_-_La_Valette.jpg/360px-Drapeaux_UE_et_Malte_-_La_Valette.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Drapeaux_UE_et_Malte_-_La_Valette.jpg/480px-Drapeaux_UE_et_Malte_-_La_Valette.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4608" data-file-height="3456" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Auberge_d%27Italie" title="Auberge d'Italie">Auberge d'Italie</a>, renovated in 2016 to host the new <a href="/wiki/MU%C5%BBA" title="MUŻA">MUŻA</a> (<i><a href="/wiki/MU%C5%BBA" title="MUŻA">Mużew Nazzjonali tal-Arti</a></i>)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 218px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 216px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:The_interior_after_its_restoration_in_2018.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Renovated covered market Is-Suq tal-Belt, 2018"><img alt="Renovated covered market Is-Suq tal-Belt, 2018" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/The_interior_after_its_restoration_in_2018.jpg/324px-The_interior_after_its_restoration_in_2018.jpg" decoding="async" width="216" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/The_interior_after_its_restoration_in_2018.jpg/486px-The_interior_after_its_restoration_in_2018.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/The_interior_after_its_restoration_in_2018.jpg/648px-The_interior_after_its_restoration_in_2018.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5709" data-file-height="3172" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Renovated covered market <a href="/wiki/Is-Suq_tal-Belt" title="Is-Suq tal-Belt">Is-Suq tal-Belt</a>, 2018</div> </li> </ul> <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=Valletta&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Government"><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:Castille_at_night.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Castille_at_night.jpg/220px-Castille_at_night.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Castille_at_night.jpg/330px-Castille_at_night.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Castille_at_night.jpg/440px-Castille_at_night.jpg 2x" data-file-width="6000" data-file-height="4000" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Auberge_de_Castille" title="Auberge de Castille">Auberge de Castille</a> at night</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Parliament_House_(Malta).jpeg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Parliament_House_%28Malta%29.jpeg/220px-Parliament_House_%28Malta%29.jpeg" decoding="async" width="220" height="135" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Parliament_House_%28Malta%29.jpeg/330px-Parliament_House_%28Malta%29.jpeg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Parliament_House_%28Malta%29.jpeg/440px-Parliament_House_%28Malta%29.jpeg 2x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="1254" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Renzo_Piano" title="Renzo Piano">Renzo Piano</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Parliament_House_(Malta)" title="Parliament House (Malta)">Parliament House</a></figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Local_government">Local government</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Valletta&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Local government"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Valletta Local Council was established by the Local Councils Act of 1993, along with the other <a href="/wiki/Local_councils_of_Malta" title="Local councils of Malta">local councils of Malta</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The first election was held on 20 November 1993. Other elections were held in 1996, 1999, 2002, 2005, 2008, 2013,<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 2017.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The present local council was elected in 2019.<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The local council is housed in a building in South Street. </p><p>The following people have served as Mayors of Valletta:<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>Hector Bruno (1993–1999) (<a href="/wiki/Nationalist_Party_(Malta)" title="Nationalist Party (Malta)">PN</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Borg_Olivier" title="Paul Borg Olivier">Paul Borg Olivier</a> (1999–2008) (<a href="/wiki/Nationalist_Party_(Malta)" title="Nationalist Party (Malta)">PN</a>)</li> <li>Alexei Dingli (2008–2019) (<a href="/wiki/Nationalist_Party_(Malta)" title="Nationalist Party (Malta)">PN</a>) <sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Christian Micallef (2019) (<a href="/wiki/Nationalist_Party_(Malta)" title="Nationalist Party (Malta)">PN</a>) <sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Alfred Zammit (2019–) (<a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(Malta)" title="Labour Party (Malta)">PL</a>) <sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="National_government">National government</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Valletta&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: National government"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Valletta is the capital city of Malta,<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and is the country's administrative and commercial hub.<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_Malta" title="Parliament of Malta">Parliament of Malta</a> has been housed at the <a href="/wiki/Parliament_House_(Malta)" title="Parliament House (Malta)">Parliament House</a> near the city's entrance since 2015: it was previously housed at the <a href="/wiki/Grandmaster%27s_Palace_in_Valletta" class="mw-redirect" title="Grandmaster's Palace in Valletta">Grandmaster's Palace</a> in the city centre.<sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The latter palace still houses the Office of the <a href="/wiki/President_of_Malta" title="President of Malta">President of Malta</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-president_59-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-president-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> while the <a href="/wiki/Auberge_de_Castille" title="Auberge de Castille">Auberge de Castille</a> houses the Office of the <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Malta" title="Prime Minister of Malta">Prime Minister of Malta</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Courts_of_Justice_building_(Valletta)" title="Courts of Justice building (Valletta)">courthouse</a> and many government departments are also located in Valletta.<sup id="cite_ref-nicpmi_60-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nicpmi-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Valletta&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Geography"><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:Prelucrare_3D_pentru_La_Valletta_Harbour.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Prelucrare_3D_pentru_La_Valletta_Harbour.jpg/220px-Prelucrare_3D_pentru_La_Valletta_Harbour.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="158" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Prelucrare_3D_pentru_La_Valletta_Harbour.jpg/330px-Prelucrare_3D_pentru_La_Valletta_Harbour.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Prelucrare_3D_pentru_La_Valletta_Harbour.jpg/440px-Prelucrare_3D_pentru_La_Valletta_Harbour.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1989" data-file-height="1426" /></a><figcaption>Valletta between its two harbours</figcaption></figure> <p>The Valletta <a href="/wiki/Peninsula" title="Peninsula">peninsula</a> has two natural harbours, <a href="/wiki/Marsamxett_Harbour" title="Marsamxett Harbour">Marsamxett</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Grand_Harbour" title="Grand Harbour">Grand Harbour</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-olivergatt_44-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-olivergatt-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Grand Harbour is Malta's major port, with unloading quays at nearby <a href="/wiki/Marsa,_Malta" title="Marsa, Malta">Marsa</a>. A cruise-liner terminal is located along the old seawall of the <a href="/wiki/Valletta_Waterfront" title="Valletta Waterfront">Valletta Waterfront</a> that <a href="/wiki/Portugal" title="Portugal">Portuguese</a> Grandmaster <a href="/wiki/Manuel_Pinto_da_Fonseca" title="Manuel Pinto da Fonseca">Manuel Pinto da Fonseca</a> built.<sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Climate">Climate</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Valletta&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Climate"><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/Climate_of_Malta" title="Climate of Malta">Climate of Malta</a></div> <p>Valletta features a <a href="/wiki/Mediterranean_climate" title="Mediterranean climate">Mediterranean climate</a> (<a href="/wiki/K%C3%B6ppen_climate_classification" title="Köppen climate classification">Köppen</a> <i>Csa</i>) with very mild, wet winters and warm to hot, slightly long, dry summers, with an average annual temperature above 23 °C (73 °F) during the day and 16 °C (61 °F). Valletta experiences a lack of precipitation during the summer months and most of the precipitation happens during the winter months. Winter temperatures are moderated by the surrounding sea, as a result, the city has very mild winters and a long seasonal lag. The official climate recording station in Malta is at Luqa Airport, which is a few miles inland from Valletta. Average high temperatures range from around 16 °C (61 °F) in January to about 32 °C (90 °F) in August, while average low temperatures range from around 10 °C (50 °F) in January to 23 °C (73 °F) in August. </p> <div> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible" style="width:auto; text-align:center; line-height:1.2em;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="14">Climate data for Malta (Luqa Airport in the suburbs of Valletta, 1991–2020) </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Month </th> <th scope="col">Jan </th> <th scope="col">Feb </th> <th scope="col">Mar </th> <th scope="col">Apr </th> <th scope="col">May </th> <th scope="col">Jun </th> <th scope="col">Jul </th> <th scope="col">Aug </th> <th scope="col">Sep </th> <th scope="col">Oct </th> <th scope="col">Nov </th> <th scope="col">Dec </th> <th scope="col" style="border-left-width:medium">Year </th></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily maximum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FFB164; color:#000000;" class="notheme">15.7<br />(60.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFB164; color:#000000;" class="notheme">15.7<br />(60.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFA64D; color:#000000;" class="notheme">17.4<br />(63.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF9429; color:#000000;" class="notheme">20.0<br />(68.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF7700; color:#000000;" class="notheme">24.2<br />(75.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF5800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">28.7<br />(83.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF4300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">31.7<br />(89.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF4100; color:#000000;" class="notheme">32.0<br />(89.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF5800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">28.6<br />(83.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF7100; color:#000000;" class="notheme">25.0<br />(77.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF8E1E; color:#000000;" class="notheme">20.8<br />(69.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFA74F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">17.2<br />(63.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF7E00; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">23.1<br />(73.6) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Daily mean °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FFC58B; color:#000000;" class="notheme">12.9<br />(55.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFC78F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">12.6<br />(54.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFBC7A; color:#000000;" class="notheme">14.1<br />(57.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFAC5A; color:#000000;" class="notheme">16.4<br />(61.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF9327; color:#000000;" class="notheme">20.1<br />(68.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF7700; color:#000000;" class="notheme">24.2<br />(75.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF6400; color:#000000;" class="notheme">26.9<br />(80.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF6000; color:#000000;" class="notheme">27.5<br />(81.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF7200; color:#000000;" class="notheme">24.9<br />(76.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF8710; color:#000000;" class="notheme">21.8<br />(71.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFA246; color:#000000;" class="notheme">17.9<br />(64.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFBA75; color:#000000;" class="notheme">14.5<br />(58.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF9730; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">19.5<br />(67.1) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily minimum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FFD8B1; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.1<br />(50.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFDCBA; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.5<br />(49.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFD2A6; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.9<br />(51.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFC58C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">12.8<br />(55.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFB163; color:#000000;" class="notheme">15.8<br />(60.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF962E; color:#000000;" class="notheme">19.6<br />(67.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF850C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">22.1<br />(71.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF7F00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23.0<br />(73.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF8B18; color:#000000;" class="notheme">21.2<br />(70.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF9F3F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">18.4<br />(65.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFB76F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">14.9<br />(58.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFCC9A; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.8<br />(53.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFB061; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">15.9<br />(60.6) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average <a href="/wiki/Precipitation" title="Precipitation">precipitation</a> mm (inches) </th> <td style="background: #8888FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">79.3<br />(3.12) </td> <td style="background: #8787FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">73.2<br />(2.88) </td> <td style="background: #BBBBFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">45.3<br />(1.78) </td> <td style="background: #DFDFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">20.7<br />(0.81) </td> <td style="background: #EEEEFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.0<br />(0.43) </td> <td style="background: #F5F5FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.2<br />(0.24) </td> <td style="background: #FEFEFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.2<br />(0.01) </td> <td style="background: #E5E5FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">17.0<br />(0.67) </td> <td style="background: #A1A1FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">60.7<br />(2.39) </td> <td style="background: #8585FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">81.8<br />(3.22) </td> <td style="background: #7272FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">91.0<br />(3.58) </td> <td style="background: #7373FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">93.7<br />(3.69) </td> <td style="background: #B5B5FF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">580.7<br />(22.86) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average precipitation days <span style="font-size:90%;" class="nowrap">(≥ 1.0 mm)</span> </th> <td style="background: #8383FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.0 </td> <td style="background: #8F8FFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.2 </td> <td style="background: #B3B3FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.1 </td> <td style="background: #CECEFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.8 </td> <td style="background: #ECECFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.5 </td> <td style="background: #F4F4FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.8 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0 </td> <td style="background: #F2F2FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.0 </td> <td style="background: #C8C8FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.3 </td> <td style="background: #ADADFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.6 </td> <td style="background: #9090FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.7 </td> <td style="background: #8383FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.0 </td> <td style="background: #BFBFFF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">61 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean monthly <a href="/wiki/Sunshine_duration" title="Sunshine duration">sunshine hours</a> </th> <td style="background: #CCCC00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">169.3 </td> <td style="background: #D6D600; color:#000000;" class="notheme">178.1 </td> <td style="background: #DDDD00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">227.2 </td> <td style="background: #E5E500; color:#000000;" class="notheme">253.8 </td> <td style="background: #F0F010; color:#000000;" class="notheme">309.7 </td> <td style="background: #F9F925; color:#000000;" class="notheme">336.9 </td> <td style="background: #FFFF35; color:#000000;" class="notheme">376.7 </td> <td style="background: #FAFA28; color:#000000;" class="notheme">352.2 </td> <td style="background: #E9E900; color:#000000;" class="notheme">270.0 </td> <td style="background: #DDDD00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">223.8 </td> <td style="background: #D8D800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">195.0 </td> <td style="background: #C9C900; color:#000000;" class="notheme">161.2 </td> <td style="background: #E5E500; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">3,054 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="14" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%;">Source: <i>Meteo Climate</i>,<sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> MaltaWeather.com (sun data)<sup id="cite_ref-MaltaWeather_63-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MaltaWeather-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Cityscape">Cityscape</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Valletta&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Cityscape"><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:Valletta_Lower_Barrakka_gardens_Malta_2014_2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/Valletta_Lower_Barrakka_gardens_Malta_2014_2.jpg/220px-Valletta_Lower_Barrakka_gardens_Malta_2014_2.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/Valletta_Lower_Barrakka_gardens_Malta_2014_2.jpg/330px-Valletta_Lower_Barrakka_gardens_Malta_2014_2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/Valletta_Lower_Barrakka_gardens_Malta_2014_2.jpg/440px-Valletta_Lower_Barrakka_gardens_Malta_2014_2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3000" data-file-height="2000" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Lower_Barrakka_Gardens" title="Lower Barrakka Gardens">Lower Barrakka Gardens</a> and its monument of remembrance</figcaption></figure> <p>The architecture of Valletta's <a href="/wiki/List_of_streets_and_piazzas_in_Valletta" title="List of streets and piazzas in Valletta">streets and piazzas</a> ranges from mid-16th century Baroque to <a href="/wiki/Modernist_architecture" class="mw-redirect" title="Modernist architecture">Modernism</a>. The city is the island's principal cultural center and has a unique collection of churches, palaces and museums and act as one of the city's main visitor attractions. When <a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Disraeli" title="Benjamin Disraeli">Benjamin Disraeli</a>, future British Prime Minister, visited the city in 1830, he described it as "a city of palaces built by gentlemen for gentlemen," and remarked that "Valletta equals in its noble architecture, if it does not excel, any capital in <a href="/wiki/Europe" title="Europe">Europe</a>," and in other letters called it "comparable to <a href="/wiki/Venice" title="Venice">Venice</a> and <a href="/wiki/C%C3%A1diz" title="Cádiz">Cádiz</a>" and "full of palaces worthy of <a href="/wiki/Palladio" class="mw-redirect" title="Palladio">Palladio</a>."<sup id="cite_ref-MaltaExpo_64-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MaltaExpo-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Collectables_65-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Collectables-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Buildings of historic importance include <a href="/wiki/St_John%27s_Co-Cathedral" class="mw-redirect" title="St John's Co-Cathedral">St John's Co-Cathedral</a>, formerly the Conventual Church of the <a href="/wiki/Knights_Hospitaller" title="Knights Hospitaller">Knights of Malta</a>. It has the only signed work and largest painting by Michelangelo Merisi da <a href="/wiki/Caravaggio" title="Caravaggio">Caravaggio</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Patrick2007_66-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Patrick2007-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Auberge_de_Castille" title="Auberge de Castille">Auberge de Castille et Leon</a>, formerly the official seat of the Knights of Malta of the Langue of Castille, Léon and Portugal, is now the office of the <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Malta" title="Prime Minister of Malta">Prime Minister of Malta</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-nicpmi_60-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nicpmi-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Grandmaster%27s_Palace_(Valletta)" class="mw-redirect" title="Grandmaster's Palace (Valletta)">Grandmaster's Palace</a>, built between 1571 and 1574 and formerly the seat of the Grand Master of the Knights of Malta, used to house the Maltese Parliament, now situated in a purpose-built structure at the entrance to the city, and now houses the offices of the <a href="/wiki/President_of_Malta" title="President of Malta">President of Malta</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-67" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Admiralty_House_(Valletta)" title="Admiralty House (Valletta)">Admiralty House</a> is a Baroque palace dating to the late 1570s. It was the official residence of the Commander-in-Chief of the Mediterranean Fleet during the British era from the 1820s onwards. From 1974 until 2016, it was the site of the <a href="/wiki/National_Museum_of_Fine_Arts_(Malta)" class="mw-redirect" title="National Museum of Fine Arts (Malta)">National Museum of Fine Arts</a>. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Manoel_Theatre" title="Manoel Theatre">Manoel Theatre</a> (<a href="/wiki/Maltese_language" title="Maltese language">Maltese</a>: <i lang="mt">Teatru Manoel</i>) was constructed in just ten months in 1731, by order of Grand Master <a href="/wiki/Ant%C3%B3nio_Manoel_de_Vilhena" title="António Manoel de Vilhena">António Manoel de Vilhena</a>, and is one of the oldest working theatres in Europe. The Mediterranean Conference Centre was formerly the <a href="/wiki/Sacra_Infermeria" class="mw-redirect" title="Sacra Infermeria">Sacra Infermeria</a>. Built in 1574, it was one of Europe's most renowned hospitals during the Renaissance. The <a href="/wiki/Fortification" title="Fortification">fortifications</a> of the port, built by the Knights as a magnificent series of bastions, demi-bastions, cavaliers and curtains, approximately 100 metres (330 ft) high, all contribute to the unique architectural quality of the city. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Neighbourhoods">Neighbourhoods</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Valletta&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Neighbourhoods"><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:Valletta,_Malta_-_2018_(39570984425).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Valletta%2C_Malta_-_2018_%2839570984425%29.jpg/220px-Valletta%2C_Malta_-_2018_%2839570984425%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="124" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Valletta%2C_Malta_-_2018_%2839570984425%29.jpg/330px-Valletta%2C_Malta_-_2018_%2839570984425%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Valletta%2C_Malta_-_2018_%2839570984425%29.jpg/440px-Valletta%2C_Malta_-_2018_%2839570984425%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4000" data-file-height="2250" /></a><figcaption>Valletta in the foreground and Fort Saint Elmo at the front</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:St_Lazarus_Curtain.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/St_Lazarus_Curtain.jpg/220px-St_Lazarus_Curtain.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="76" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/St_Lazarus_Curtain.jpg/330px-St_Lazarus_Curtain.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/St_Lazarus_Curtain.jpg/440px-St_Lazarus_Curtain.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4930" data-file-height="1705" /></a><figcaption>Exterior and interior outlines of Valletta</figcaption></figure> <p>Valletta contains a number of unofficial neighbourhoods, including:<sup id="cite_ref-melitensiawth_68-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-melitensiawth-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>Strada Rjali – the main thoroughfare, <a href="/wiki/Republic_Street,_Valletta" title="Republic Street, Valletta">Triq ir-Repubblika</a></li> <li>l-Arċipierku – an area close to the <a href="/wiki/Sacra_Infermeria" class="mw-redirect" title="Sacra Infermeria">Sacra Infermeria</a>. Its name possibly derives from <i><a href="/wiki/Archipelago" title="Archipelago">archipelago</a></i> since it contains a number of lanes which break up the area into many "islands" of houses, or from <i><a href="/wiki/Borgo_(disambiguation)" class="mw-redirect mw-disambig" title="Borgo (disambiguation)">archi-borgo</a></i> since the area is located just outside <a href="/wiki/Fort_Saint_Elmo" title="Fort Saint Elmo">Fort Saint Elmo</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-vallettaactionplan_69-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-vallettaactionplan-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>il-Baviera – an area around the English Curtain, bounded by Old Bakery, Archbishop, Marsamxett and St. Sebastian Streets. It is named after <a href="/wiki/Auberge_de_Bavi%C3%A8re" title="Auberge de Bavière">Auberge de Bavière</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-vallettaactionplan_69-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-vallettaactionplan-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>il-Biċċerija – an area close to il-Baviera, named after the <a href="/wiki/Slaughterhouse" title="Slaughterhouse">slaughterhouse</a> which was formerly located there.<sup id="cite_ref-vallettaactionplan_69-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-vallettaactionplan-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>il-Kamrata – an area close to the <a href="/wiki/Sacra_Infermeria" class="mw-redirect" title="Sacra Infermeria">Sacra Infermeria</a>. It is named after the Camerata, a spiritual retreat which was demolished in the 19th century and replaced by social housing.<sup id="cite_ref-vallettaactionplan_69-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-vallettaactionplan-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Deux Balles (<a href="/wiki/Maltese_language" title="Maltese language">Maltese</a>: <i lang="mt">Duwi Balli</i>) – an area close to il-Baviera. The name probably originates from the <a href="/wiki/French_occupation_of_Malta" title="French occupation of Malta">French occupation</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-vallettaactionplan_69-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-vallettaactionplan-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>il-Fossa – an area close to the Jews' Sally Port and Fort Saint Elmo. It is regarded as the worst maintained area of Valletta.<sup id="cite_ref-70" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manderaggio" title="Manderaggio">Manderaggio</a> (<a href="/wiki/Maltese_language" title="Maltese language">Maltese</a>: <i lang="mt">il-Mandraġġ</i>) – an area behind Manderaggio Curtain, bounded by St. Mark, St. Lucia, St. Patrick and Marsamxett Streets. This was meant to be a small harbour (<a href="/wiki/Mandracchio" title="Mandracchio">mandracchio</a>) but it was never completed, and a slum area developed instead. The slums were demolished in the 1950s and were rebuilt as housing estates.<sup id="cite_ref-vallettaactionplan_69-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-vallettaactionplan-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Economy">Economy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Valletta&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Economy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Eurostat estimates the labour force in 2015 for the greater Valletta area at around 91,000 people. This corresponds to a share of just under 50 percent of Malta. As in Malta as a whole, <a href="/wiki/Tourism_in_Malta" title="Tourism in Malta">tourism</a> is an important economic sector. The most important tourist zone is the area surrounding the Grand Harbour. For the cruise industry, after several years of planning, work began in 2002 to build the Valletta Waterfront Project, a cruise terminal, in the Grand Harbour.<sup id="cite_ref-71" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There is also a publishing house in Valletta, Allied Newspapers Ltd., a media company. This company publishes the two market-leading newspapers, <i><a href="/wiki/Times_of_Malta" title="Times of Malta">Times of Malta</a></i> and <i>The Sunday Times of Malta</i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Education">Education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Valletta&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Valletta Campus of the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Malta" title="University of Malta">University of Malta</a> is situated in the Old University Building. It serves as an extension of the Msida Campus, especially offering international masters programmes.<sup id="cite_ref-72" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A <a href="/wiki/Church_school" class="mw-redirect" title="Church school">church school</a>, "St. Albert the Great", is also situated in Valletta. The Headmaster is <a href="/wiki/Alternattiva_Demokratika" class="mw-redirect" title="Alternattiva Demokratika">Alternattiva Demokratika</a> politician Mario Mallia.<sup id="cite_ref-73" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-74" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Culture">Culture</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Valletta&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Culture"><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:Renzo_Piano_Pjazza_Teatru_Rjal.jpeg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Renzo_Piano_Pjazza_Teatru_Rjal.jpeg/220px-Renzo_Piano_Pjazza_Teatru_Rjal.jpeg" decoding="async" width="220" height="142" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Renzo_Piano_Pjazza_Teatru_Rjal.jpeg/330px-Renzo_Piano_Pjazza_Teatru_Rjal.jpeg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Renzo_Piano_Pjazza_Teatru_Rjal.jpeg/440px-Renzo_Piano_Pjazza_Teatru_Rjal.jpeg 2x" data-file-width="1163" data-file-height="750" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Renzo_Piano" title="Renzo Piano">Renzo Piano</a>'s Pjazza Teatru Rjal on the ruins of the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Opera_House,_Valletta" title="Royal Opera House, Valletta">Royal Opera House</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Saint_James_Cavalier.jpeg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Saint_James_Cavalier.jpeg/220px-Saint_James_Cavalier.jpeg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Saint_James_Cavalier.jpeg/330px-Saint_James_Cavalier.jpeg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Saint_James_Cavalier.jpeg/440px-Saint_James_Cavalier.jpeg 2x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="1536" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Saint_James_Cavalier" title="Saint James Cavalier">Saint James Cavalier</a> at night</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Merchants_Street_Valletta_(80653).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Merchants_Street_Valletta_%2880653%29.jpg/220px-Merchants_Street_Valletta_%2880653%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Merchants_Street_Valletta_%2880653%29.jpg/330px-Merchants_Street_Valletta_%2880653%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Merchants_Street_Valletta_%2880653%29.jpg/440px-Merchants_Street_Valletta_%2880653%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4603" data-file-height="3452" /></a><figcaption>Merchants Street at night, with a statue of Saint Dominic</figcaption></figure> <p>Valletta was designated <a href="/wiki/European_Capital_of_Culture" title="European Capital of Culture">European Capital of Culture</a> for 2018.<sup id="cite_ref-75" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The year was inaugurated with an event called <b>Erba' Pjazez</b> (Four Squares), with shows focused in 4 plazas in the city – <a href="/wiki/Triton_Fountain_(Malta)" class="mw-redirect" title="Triton Fountain (Malta)">Triton Square</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=St._George%27s_Square,_Valletta&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="St. George's Square, Valletta (page does not exist)">St. George's Square</a>, <a href="/wiki/St_John%27s_Square" title="St John's Square">St. John's Square</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Auberge_de_Castille" title="Auberge de Castille">Castille Square</a> – along with other shows in other points.<sup id="cite_ref-76" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This was followed by the unveiling of a public art installation, <b>Kif Jgħid il-Malti</b> (Maltese <a href="/wiki/Proverb" title="Proverb">Sayings</a>), which featured a number of <a href="/wiki/Maltese_language" title="Maltese language">Maltese language</a> proverb figured in gypsum, in order to engage linguistic heritage.<sup id="cite_ref-77" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-78" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Saint_James_Cavalier">Saint James Cavalier</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Valletta&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Saint James Cavalier"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Saint_James_Cavalier" title="Saint James Cavalier">Saint James Cavalier</a>, originally a raised gun platform, was converted into a Centre of Creativity in the year 2000 as part of Malta's Millennium Project. It now houses a small theatre, a cinema, music rooms and art galleries. Various exhibitions are regularly held there. It has welcomed over a million visitors since opening.<sup id="cite_ref-79" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-79"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Music">Music</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Valletta&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Music"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Valletta_International_Baroque_Festival" title="Valletta International Baroque Festival">Valletta International Baroque Festival</a> is held every year in January. Jazz music in Malta was introduced in the Strait Street area, frequented by Allied sailors during both <a href="/wiki/World_war" title="World war">World Wars</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-80" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-80"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Malta's Jazz Festival took place here. Strait Street is also known as <i>The Gut</i>. This area is undergoing a programme of regeneration. The city's dual band clubs are the "<a href="/wiki/King%27s_Own_Band" title="King's Own Band">King's Own Band Club</a>" (<a href="/wiki/Maltese_language" title="Maltese language">Maltese</a>: <i lang="mt">L-Għaqda Mużikali King's Own</i>) and "La Valette National Philharmonic Society" (<a href="/wiki/Maltese_language" title="Maltese language">Maltese</a>: <i lang="mt">Is-Soċjetà Filarmonika Nazzjonali La Valette</i>).<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Carnival">Carnival</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Valletta&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Carnival"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Valletta is the scene of the <a href="/wiki/Maltese_Carnival" title="Maltese Carnival">Maltese Carnival</a>, held in February each year, leading up to <a href="/wiki/Lent" title="Lent">Lent</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-cassar_81-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cassar-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There were no carnival trucks in 2020 or 2021 due to the <a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic" title="COVID-19 pandemic">Covid-19 pandemic</a>, but trucks returned in 2022.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>In 1823 the Valletta carnival was the scene of <a href="/wiki/Carnival_tragedy_of_1823" title="Carnival tragedy of 1823">a human crush tragedy</a> in which at least 110 boys perished.<sup id="cite_ref-hezekiah_82-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hezekiah-82"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Feasts">Feasts</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Valletta&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Feasts"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>The feast of <a href="/wiki/Our_Lady_of_Mount_Carmel" title="Our Lady of Mount Carmel">Our Lady of Mount Carmel</a> is celebrated on 16 July</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_the_Apostle" title="Paul the Apostle">Saint Paul</a>'s feast is celebrated on 10 February</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint_Dominic" title="Saint Dominic">Saint Dominic</a>'s feast is celebrated in Valletta on 4 August or before</li> <li>The feast of <a href="/wiki/Augustine_of_Hippo" title="Augustine of Hippo">Saint Augustine</a> is celebrated on the third Sunday after Easter</li> <li>The city's residents also conduct an annual procession in honour of <a href="/wiki/St._Rita" class="mw-redirect" title="St. Rita">St. Rita</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="In_literature_and_the_arts">In literature and the arts</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Valletta&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: In literature and the arts"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>The poetical illustrations <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Wikisource-logo.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/18px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/24px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="410" data-file-height="430" /></a></span> <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Letitia_Elizabeth_Landon_(L._E._L.)_in_Fisher%27s_Drawing_Room_Scrap_Book,_1837/Valetta,_Capital_of_Malta" class="extiw" title="s:Letitia Elizabeth Landon (L. E. L.) in Fisher's Drawing Room Scrap Book, 1837/Valetta, Capital of Malta">"Valetta, Capital of Malta"</a>. (painted by T. C. Dibden, engraved by J. Tingle)<sup id="cite_ref-83" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-83"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Wikisource-logo.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/18px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/24px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="410" data-file-height="430" /></a></span> <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Letitia_Elizabeth_Landon_(L._E._L.)_in_Fisher%27s_Drawing_Room_Scrap_Book,_1837/Strada_St._Ursola,%E2%80%94Malta" class="extiw" title="s:Letitia Elizabeth Landon (L. E. L.) in Fisher's Drawing Room Scrap Book, 1837/Strada St. Ursola,—Malta">"Strada St. Ursola,—Malta"</a>. (painted by <a href="/wiki/Samuel_Prout" title="Samuel Prout">Samuel Prout</a>, engraved by J, Carter)<sup id="cite_ref-84" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-84"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> by <a href="/wiki/Letitia_Elizabeth_Landon" title="Letitia Elizabeth Landon">Letitia Elizabeth Landon</a> were both published in <i>Fisher's Drawing Room Scrap Book</i>, 1837. A further poem <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Wikisource-logo.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/18px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/24px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="410" data-file-height="430" /></a></span> <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Letitia_Elizabeth_Landon_(L._E._L.)_in_Fisher%27s_Drawing_Room_Scrap_Book,_1838/Jesuits_in_Procession%E2%80%94Valetta,_Malta" class="extiw" title="s:Letitia Elizabeth Landon (L. E. L.) in Fisher's Drawing Room Scrap Book, 1838/Jesuits in Procession—Valetta, Malta">Jesuits in Procession—Valetta, Malta</a>. illustrates a painting of the procession in the Strada St Giovanni painted by <a href="/wiki/Samuel_Prout" title="Samuel Prout">Samuel Prout</a> and engraved by E. Challis is in <i>Fisher's Drawing Room Scrap Book</i>, 1838.<sup id="cite_ref-85" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-85"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Twin_towns_–_sister_cities"><span id="Twin_towns_.E2.80.93_sister_cities"></span>Twin towns – sister cities</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Valletta&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Twin towns – sister cities"><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">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_twin_towns_and_sister_cities_in_Malta" title="List of twin towns and sister cities in Malta">List of twin towns and sister cities in Malta</a></div> <p>Valletta is <a href="/wiki/Twin_towns_and_sister_cities" class="mw-redirect" title="Twin towns and sister cities">twinned</a> with:<sup id="cite_ref-86" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-86"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>85<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Italy" title="Italy"><img alt="Italy" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/23px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/35px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/45px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="1000" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Palermo" title="Palermo">Palermo</a>, Italy</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Italy" title="Italy"><img alt="Italy" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/23px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/35px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/45px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="1000" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Pisa" title="Pisa">Pisa</a>, Italy</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Italy" title="Italy"><img alt="Italy" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/23px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/35px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/45px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="1000" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Cortona" title="Cortona">Cortona</a>, Italy, since August 26, 2022</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Greece" title="Greece"><img alt="Greece" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Greece.svg/23px-Flag_of_Greece.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Greece.svg/35px-Flag_of_Greece.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Greece.svg/45px-Flag_of_Greece.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="400" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Rhodes" title="Rhodes">Rhodes</a>, Greece</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Lebanon" title="Lebanon"><img alt="Lebanon" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Flag_of_Lebanon.svg/23px-Flag_of_Lebanon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Flag_of_Lebanon.svg/35px-Flag_of_Lebanon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Flag_of_Lebanon.svg/45px-Flag_of_Lebanon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Byblos" title="Byblos">Byblos</a>, Lebanon</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Slovenia" title="Slovenia"><img alt="Slovenia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Flag_of_Slovenia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Slovenia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Flag_of_Slovenia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Slovenia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Flag_of_Slovenia.svg/46px-Flag_of_Slovenia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Piran" title="Piran">Piran</a>, Slovenia</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Transport">Transport</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Valletta&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Transport"><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_-_Valletta_-_Vjal_Nelson_-_Bus_terminal_Valletta.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Malta_-_Valletta_-_Vjal_Nelson_-_Bus_terminal_Valletta.jpg/220px-Malta_-_Valletta_-_Vjal_Nelson_-_Bus_terminal_Valletta.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Malta_-_Valletta_-_Vjal_Nelson_-_Bus_terminal_Valletta.jpg/330px-Malta_-_Valletta_-_Vjal_Nelson_-_Bus_terminal_Valletta.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Malta_-_Valletta_-_Vjal_Nelson_-_Bus_terminal_Valletta.jpg/440px-Malta_-_Valletta_-_Vjal_Nelson_-_Bus_terminal_Valletta.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3976" data-file-height="2652" /></a><figcaption>Bus station at Valletta</figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/Malta_International_Airport" title="Malta International Airport">Malta International Airport</a> is 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) from the city in the town of <a href="/wiki/Luqa" title="Luqa">Luqa</a>. Malta's <a href="/wiki/Transport_in_Malta" title="Transport in Malta">public transport system</a>, which uses buses, operates mostly on routes to or from Valletta, with their central terminus just outside the <a href="/wiki/City_Gate_(Valletta)" title="City Gate (Valletta)">city gate</a>. Traffic within the city itself is restricted, with some principal roads being completely pedestrian areas. In 2006, a <a href="/wiki/Park_and_ride" title="Park and ride">park and ride</a> system was implemented in order to increase the availability of parking spaces in the city. People can leave their vehicles in a nearby <a href="/wiki/Floriana" title="Floriana">Floriana</a> car park and transfer to a <a href="/wiki/Van" title="Van">van</a> for the rest of the trip. </p><p>In 2007, a <a href="/wiki/Congestion_pricing" title="Congestion pricing">congestion pricing</a> scheme was implemented to reduce long-term parking and traffic while promoting business in the city.<sup id="cite_ref-CVA_87-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CVA-87"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-88" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-88"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> An <a href="/wiki/Automatic_number-plate_recognition" title="Automatic number-plate recognition">ANPR</a>-based automated system takes photos of vehicles as they enter and exit the charging zone and vehicle owners are billed according to the duration of their stay.<sup id="cite_ref-CVA_87-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CVA-87"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Valletta is served by a fleet of electric taxis which transport riders from 10 points in Valletta to any destination in the city.<sup id="cite_ref-89" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-89"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>88<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As of 2021, an underground <a href="/wiki/Malta_Metro" title="Malta Metro">Malta Metro</a> is being planned, with a projected total cost of €6.2 billion,<sup id="cite_ref-90" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-90"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> centred on the Valletta urban area. </p> <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=Valletta&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Notable people"><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 page: <a href="/wiki/Category:People_from_Valletta" title="Category:People from Valletta">Category:People from Valletta</a></div> <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=Valletta&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Sports"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Valletta_F.C." title="Valletta F.C.">Valletta F.C.</a> Association Football team and Futsal team</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Valletta_Lions_RFC" title="Valletta Lions RFC">Valletta Lions RFC</a> Rugby Football Union team</li> <li>Valletta's <a href="/wiki/Marsamxett_Harbour" title="Marsamxett Harbour">Marsamxett Harbour</a> a "Regatta" (Rowing) Team, which takes part in the annual traditional Regatta on Victory Day (8 September).</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Valletta_United_W.P.C." title="Valletta United W.P.C.">Valletta United W.P.C.</a>, a Water Polo Club hailing from Marsamxett side</li> <li>Valletta V.C., a Volleyball club.</li> <li>Marsamxett Boċċi, a ''Boċċi'' Club from Marsamxett, Valletta.</li> <li>Valletta St. Paul's Boċċi, a ''Boċċi'' Club from L-Arċipierku side, Valletta.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Valletta&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output 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style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Design and construction (<a href="/wiki/Jean_Parisot_de_Valette" title="Jean Parisot de Valette">Jean de Valette</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Francesco_Laparelli" title="Francesco Laparelli">Francesco Laparelli</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Girolamo_Cassar" title="Girolamo Cassar">Girolamo Cassar</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1634_Valletta_explosion" title="1634 Valletta explosion">Gunpowder factory explosion</a> (1634)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1749_Muslim_slave_revolt_in_Malta" class="mw-redirect" title="1749 Muslim slave revolt in Malta">Muslim slave revolt</a> (1749)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rising_of_the_Priests" title="Rising of the Priests">Rising of the Priests</a> (1775)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Malta_(1798%E2%80%931800)" title="Siege of Malta (1798–1800)">French blockade</a> (1798–1800)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carnival_tragedy_of_1823" title="Carnival tragedy of 1823">Carnival stampede</a> (1823)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sette_Giugno" title="Sette Giugno">Sette Giugno</a> (1919)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Valletta_Treaty" title="Valletta Treaty">Valletta Treaty</a> (1992)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/2005_Commonwealth_Heads_of_Government_Meeting" title="2005 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting">CHOGM</a> (2005)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/25th_European_Film_Awards" title="25th European Film Awards">25th European Film Awards</a> (2012)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Valletta_Summit_on_Migration" title="Valletta Summit on Migration">Valletta Summit on Migration</a> (2015)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_Commonwealth_Heads_of_Government_Meeting" title="2015 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting">CHOGM</a> (2015)</li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="4" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Insigne_Valettae_coronatum.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Coat of arms of Valletta"><img alt="Coat of arms of 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title="List of streets and piazzas in Valletta">Streets and<br />Piazzas</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Republic_Street,_Valletta" title="Republic Street, Valletta">Republic Street</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Merchants_Street&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Merchants Street (page does not exist)">Merchants Street</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Republic_Square,_Valletta" title="Republic Square, Valletta">Republic Square</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=St_George%27s_Square,_Valletta&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="St George's Square, Valletta (page does not exist)">St George's Square</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_John%27s_Square" title="St John's Square">St John's Square</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Fortifications_of_Valletta" title="Fortifications of Valletta">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><a href="/wiki/City_Gate_(Valletta)" title="City Gate (Valletta)">City Gate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fort_Saint_Elmo" title="Fort Saint Elmo">Fort St Elmo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lascaris_Battery" title="Lascaris Battery">Lascaris Battery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint_James_Cavalier" title="Saint James Cavalier">St James Cavalier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint_John%27s_Cavalier" title="Saint John's Cavalier">St John's Cavalier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saluting_Battery_(Valletta)" title="Saluting Battery (Valletta)">Saluting Battery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Victoria_Gate_(Valletta)" title="Victoria Gate (Valletta)">Victoria Gate</a></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><a href="/wiki/Christ_the_Redeemer_Church_(Valletta,_Malta)" title="Christ the Redeemer Church (Valletta, Malta)">Christ the Redeemer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Church_of_the_Jesuits,_Valletta" title="Church of the Jesuits, Valletta">Circumcision of Our Lord (Jesuits)</a></li> <li>†<a href="/wiki/Nibbia_Chapel" title="Nibbia Chapel">Nibbia Chapel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Church_of_Our_Lady_of_Damascus,_Valletta" title="Church of Our Lady of Damascus, Valletta">Our Lady of Damascus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Church_of_Our_Lady_of_Liesse" title="Church of Our Lady of Liesse">Our Lady of Liesse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basilica_of_Our_Lady_of_Mount_Carmel,_Valletta" title="Basilica of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Valletta">Our Lady of Mount Carmel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Church_of_Our_Lady_of_Pilar,_Valletta" title="Church of Our Lady of Pilar, Valletta">Our Lady of Pilar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Church_of_Our_Lady_of_Victory_(Valletta)" title="Church of Our Lady of Victory (Valletta)">Our Lady of Victory</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St._Andrew%27s_Scots_Church,_Malta" title="St. Andrew's Scots Church, Malta">St Andrew</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chapel_of_St_Anne,_Fort_St_Elmo" title="Chapel of St Anne, Fort St Elmo">St Anne chapel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Church_of_St_Anne,_Fort_St_Elmo" title="Church of St Anne, Fort St Elmo">St Anne church</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_Augustine_Church,_Valletta" title="St Augustine Church, Valletta">St Augustine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Church_of_Saint_Barbara,_Valletta" title="Church of Saint Barbara, Valletta">St Barbara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Church_of_Saint_Catherine_of_Italy,_Valletta" title="Church of Saint Catherine of Italy, Valletta">St Catherine of Italy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Church_and_Monastery_of_St_Catherine,_Valletta" title="Church and Monastery of St Catherine, Valletta">St Catherine monastery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basilica_of_St_Dominic,_Valletta" title="Basilica of St Dominic, Valletta">St Dominic (Porto Salvo)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_Francis_of_Assisi_Church,_Valletta" title="St Francis of Assisi Church, Valletta">St Francis of Assisi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Church_of_St_George,_Valletta" title="Church of St George, Valletta">St George</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Church_of_St_James,_Valletta" title="Church of St James, Valletta">St James</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint_John%27s_Co-Cathedral" title="Saint John's Co-Cathedral">St John's Co-Cathedral</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Church_of_St_Lucy,_Valletta" title="Church of St Lucy, Valletta">St Lucy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Franciscan_Church_of_St_Mary_of_Jesus" title="Franciscan Church of St Mary of Jesus">St Mary of Jesus (ta' Ġieżu)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Church_of_St_Mary_Magdalene,_Valletta" title="Church of St Mary Magdalene, Valletta">St Mary Magdalene</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Church_of_St_Nicholas,_Valletta" title="Church of St Nicholas, Valletta">St Nicholas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_Paul%27s_Pro-Cathedral,_Valletta" title="St Paul's Pro-Cathedral, Valletta">St Paul's Pro-Cathedral</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Collegiate_Parish_Church_of_St_Paul%27s_Shipwreck" title="Collegiate Parish Church of St Paul's Shipwreck">St Paul's Shipwreck</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_Roque%27s_Church,_Valletta" title="St Roque's Church, Valletta">St Roque</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=St_Ursula%27s_Church,_Valletta&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="St Ursula's Church, Valletta (page does not exist)">St Ursula</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;">Government<br />buildings</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>†<a href="/wiki/Auberge_d%27Allemagne" title="Auberge d'Allemagne">Auberge d'Allemagne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Auberge_d%27Aragon" title="Auberge d'Aragon">Auberge d'Aragon</a></li> <li>†<a href="/wiki/Auberge_d%27Auvergne" title="Auberge d'Auvergne">Auberge d'Auvergne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Auberge_de_Bavi%C3%A8re" title="Auberge de Bavière">Auberge de Bavière</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Auberge_de_Castille" title="Auberge de Castille">Auberge de Castille</a></li> <li>†<a href="/wiki/Auberge_de_France" title="Auberge de France">Auberge de France</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Auberge_d%27Italie" title="Auberge d'Italie">Auberge d'Italie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Auberge_de_Provence" title="Auberge de Provence">Auberge de Provence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Banca_Giuratale_(Valletta)" title="Banca Giuratale (Valletta)">Banca Giuratale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Castellania_(Valletta)" title="Castellania (Valletta)">Castellania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Courts_of_Justice_building_(Valletta)" title="Courts of Justice building (Valletta)">Courts of Justice building</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grandmaster%27s_Palace,_Valletta" title="Grandmaster's Palace, Valletta">Grandmaster's Palace</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Main_Guard_(Valletta)" title="Main Guard (Valletta)">Main Guard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monte_di_Piet%C3%A0_(Malta)" title="Monte di Pietà (Malta)">Monte di Pietà</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parliament_House_(Malta)" title="Parliament House (Malta)">Parliament House</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;">Palaces</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Admiralty_House_(Valletta)" title="Admiralty House (Valletta)">Admiralty House</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Archbishop%27s_Palace,_Valletta" title="Archbishop's Palace, Valletta">Archbishop's Palace</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Casa_Rocca_Piccola" title="Casa Rocca Piccola">Casa Rocca Piccola</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hostel_de_Verdelin" title="Hostel de Verdelin">Hostel de Verdelin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Messina_Palace" title="Messina Palace">Messina Palace</a></li> <li>†<a href="/wiki/Palazzo_Correa" title="Palazzo Correa">Palazzo Correa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palazzo_Ferreria" title="Palazzo Ferreria">Palazzo Ferreria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palazzo_Parisio_(Valletta)" title="Palazzo Parisio (Valletta)">Palazzo Parisio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spinola_Palace,_Valletta" title="Spinola Palace, Valletta">Spinola Palace</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;">Museums</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Fortifications_Interpretation_Centre" title="Fortifications Interpretation Centre">Fortifications Interpretation Centre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lascaris_War_Rooms" title="Lascaris War Rooms">Lascaris War Rooms</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malta_Postal_Museum" title="Malta Postal Museum">Malta Postal Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MU%C5%BBA" title="MUŻA">MUŻA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Museum_of_Archaeology,_Malta" title="National Museum of Archaeology, Malta">National Museum of Archaeology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_War_Museum_(Malta)" title="National War Museum (Malta)">National War Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palace_Armoury" title="Palace Armoury">Palace Armoury</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;">Monuments</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Monument_to_Sir_Alexander_Ball" title="Monument to Sir Alexander Ball">Ball Monument</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Great_Siege_Monument" title="Great Siege Monument">Great Siege Monument</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monument_to_Francesco_Laparelli_and_Girolamo_Cassar" title="Monument to Francesco Laparelli and Girolamo Cassar">Laparelli and Cassar Monument</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Les_Gavroches" title="Les Gavroches">Les Gavroches</a></i></li> <li>†<a href="/wiki/Ponsonby%27s_Column" title="Ponsonby's Column">Ponsonby's Column</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Statue_of_Queen_Victoria,_Valletta" title="Statue of Queen Victoria, Valletta">Queen Victoria statue</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Siege_Bell_War_Memorial&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Siege Bell War Memorial (page does not exist)">Siege Bell War Memorial</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tritons%27_Fountain" title="Tritons' Fountain">Tritons' Fountain</a></li> <li>†<a href="/wiki/Statue_of_Ant%C3%B3nio_Manoel_de_Vilhena" title="Statue of António Manoel de Vilhena">Vilhena statue</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wignacourt_Aqueduct#Fountains" title="Wignacourt Aqueduct">Wignacourt Aqueduct fountains</a></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-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>†<a href="/wiki/%C4%A0nien_is-Sultan" title="Ġnien is-Sultan">Ġnien is-Sultan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hastings_Gardens" title="Hastings Gardens">Hastings Gardens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lower_Barrakka_Gardens" title="Lower Barrakka Gardens">Lower Barrakka Gardens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Upper_Barrakka_Gardens" title="Upper Barrakka Gardens">Upper Barrakka Gardens</a></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-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Barrakka_Lift" title="Barrakka Lift">Barrakka Lift</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Library_of_Malta" title="National Library of Malta">Bibliotheca</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Casa_del_Commun_Tesoro" title="Casa del Commun Tesoro">Casa del Commun Tesoro</a></li> <li>†<a href="/wiki/Forni_della_Signoria" title="Forni della Signoria">Forni della Signoria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/La_Borsa" title="La Borsa">La Borsa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malta_Stock_Exchange" title="Malta Stock Exchange">Malta Stock Exchange</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manoel_Theatre" title="Manoel Theatre">Manoel Theatre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mediterranean_Conference_Centre" title="Mediterranean Conference Centre">Mediterranean Conference Centre (Sacra Infermeria)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Old_University_Building,_Valletta" title="Old University Building, Valletta">Old University Building</a></li> <li>†<a href="/wiki/Royal_Opera_House,_Valletta" title="Royal Opera House, Valletta">Royal Opera House</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_Elmo_Bridge" title="St Elmo Bridge">St Elmo Bridge</a></li> <li>†<a href="/wiki/Slaves%27_Prison" title="Slaves' Prison">Slaves' Prison</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Is-Suq_tal-Belt" title="Is-Suq tal-Belt">Is-Suq tal-Belt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Valletta_Design_Cluster" title="Valletta Design Cluster">Valletta Design Cluster</a></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 navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Valletta_F.C." title="Valletta F.C.">Valletta F.C.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Valletta_United_W.P.C." title="Valletta United W.P.C.">Valletta United W.P.C.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Valletta_FC_Futsal_Club" title="Valletta FC Futsal Club">Valletta FC Futsal Club</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Valletta_Lions_RFC" title="Valletta Lions RFC">Valletta Lions RFC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/24th_Chess_Olympiad" title="24th Chess Olympiad">24th Chess Olympiad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malta_Grand_Prix" title="Malta Grand Prix">Malta Grand Prix</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Games_of_the_Small_States_of_Europe" title="Games of the Small States of Europe">Games of the Small States of Europe</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1993_Games_of_the_Small_States_of_Europe" title="1993 Games of the Small States of Europe">1993</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2003_Games_of_the_Small_States_of_Europe" title="2003 Games of the Small States of Europe">2003</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Valletta_International_Baroque_Festival" title="Valletta International Baroque Festival">Valletta International Baroque Festival</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Maori_(F24)" title="HMS Maori (F24)">HMS <i>Maori</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manderaggio" 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<li><a href="/wiki/Pembroke,_Malta" title="Pembroke, Malta">Pembroke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Piet%C3%A0,_Malta" title="Pietà, Malta">Pietà</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qormi" title="Qormi">Qormi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Il-Qrendi" class="mw-redirect" title="Il-Qrendi">Qrendi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rabat,_Malta" title="Rabat, Malta">Rabat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Safi,_Malta" title="Safi, Malta">Safi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/San_%C4%A0wann" title="San Ġwann">San Ġwann</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Santa_Lu%C4%8Bija" title="Santa Luċija">Santa Luċija</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Santa_Venera" title="Santa Venera">Santa Venera</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Senglea" title="Senglea">Senglea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Si%C4%A1%C4%A1iewi" title="Siġġiewi">Siġġiewi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sliema" title="Sliema">Sliema</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St._Julian%27s,_Malta" title="St. Julian's, Malta">St. Julian's</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St._Paul%27s_Bay" title="St. Paul's Bay">St. Paul's Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swieqi" title="Swieqi">Swieqi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ta%27_Xbiex" title="Ta' Xbiex">Ta' Xbiex</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tarxien" title="Tarxien">Tarxien</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Valletta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Xg%C4%A7ajra" title="Xgħajra">Xgħajra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C5%BBabbar" title="Żabbar">Żabbar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C5%BBebbu%C4%A1" title="Żebbuġ">Żebbuġ</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C5%BBejtun" title="Żejtun">Żejtun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C5%BBurrieq" title="Żurrieq">Żurrieq</a></li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="4" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Malta.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Flag_of_Malta.svg/50px-Flag_of_Malta.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="33" class="mw-file-element" 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Malta">Fleur-de-Lys</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gwardaman%C4%A1a" title="Gwardamanġa">Gwardamanġa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C4%A6al_Farru%C4%A1" title="Ħal Farruġ">Ħal Farruġ</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kappara" title="Kappara">Kappara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Madliena" title="Madliena">Madliena</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paceville" title="Paceville">Paceville</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=San_Pietru&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="San Pietru (page does not exist)">San Pietru</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swatar" title="Swatar">Swatar</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tal-Virt%C3%B9&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Tal-Virtù (page does not exist)">Tal-Virtù</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Gozo" title="Gozo">Gozo</a><br /><small>Local councils</small></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Fontana,_Gozo" title="Fontana, Gozo">Fontana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/G%C4%A7ajnsielem" title="Għajnsielem">Għajnsielem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/G%C4%A7arb" title="Għarb">Għarb</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/G%C4%A7asri" title="Għasri">Għasri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ker%C4%8Bem" title="Kerċem">Kerċem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Munxar" title="Munxar">Munxar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nadur" title="Nadur">Nadur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qala,_Malta" title="Qala, Malta">Qala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Victoria,_Malta" title="Victoria, Malta">Rabat (Victoria)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/San_Lawrenz" title="San Lawrenz">San Lawrenz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sannat" title="Sannat">Sannat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Xag%C4%A7ra" title="Xagħra">Xagħra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Xewkija" title="Xewkija">Xewkija</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C5%BBebbu%C4%A1,_Gozo" title="Żebbuġ, Gozo">Żebbuġ</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Gozo" title="Gozo">Gozo</a><br /><small>Hamlets</small></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Marsalforn" title="Marsalforn">Marsalforn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Santa_Lu%C4%8Bija,_Gozo" title="Santa Luċija, Gozo">Santa Luċija</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Xlendi" title="Xlendi">Xlendi</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Capitals_of_European_states_and_territories" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:List_of_European_capitals_by_region" title="Template:List of European capitals by region"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:List_of_European_capitals_by_region" title="Template talk:List of European capitals by region"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:List_of_European_capitals_by_region" title="Special:EditPage/Template:List of European capitals by region"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Capitals_of_European_states_and_territories" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Capitals of European states and territories</div></th></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div>Capitals of <a href="/wiki/Dependent_territory" title="Dependent territory">dependent territories</a> and <a href="/wiki/List_of_states_with_limited_recognition" title="List of states with limited recognition">states whose sovereignty is disputed</a> shown in <i>italics</i>.</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Sovereign states</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Amsterdam" title="Amsterdam">Amsterdam</a></b>, Netherlands<sup>1</sup></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Andorra_la_Vella" title="Andorra la Vella">Andorra la Vella</a></b>, Andorra</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Ankara" title="Ankara">Ankara</a></b>, Turkey<sup>2</sup></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Astana" title="Astana">Astana</a></b>, Kazakhstan<sup>2</sup></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Athens" title="Athens">Athens</a></b>, Greece</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Baku" title="Baku">Baku</a></b>, Azerbaijan<sup>2</sup></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Belgrade" title="Belgrade">Belgrade</a></b>, Serbia</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Berlin" title="Berlin">Berlin</a></b>, Germany</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Bern" title="Bern">Bern</a></b>, Switzerland</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Bratislava" title="Bratislava">Bratislava</a></b>, Slovakia</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Brussels" title="Brussels">Brussels</a></b>, Belgium<sup>3</sup></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Bucharest" title="Bucharest">Bucharest</a></b>, Romania</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Budapest" title="Budapest">Budapest</a></b>, Hungary</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Chi%C8%99in%C4%83u" title="Chișinău">Chișinău</a></b>, Moldova</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Copenhagen" title="Copenhagen">Copenhagen</a></b>, Denmark</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Dublin" title="Dublin">Dublin</a></b>, Ireland</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Helsinki" title="Helsinki">Helsinki</a></b>, Finland</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Kyiv" title="Kyiv">Kyiv</a></b>, Ukraine</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Lisbon" title="Lisbon">Lisbon</a></b>, Portugal</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Ljubljana" title="Ljubljana">Ljubljana</a></b>, Slovenia</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/London" title="London">London</a></b>, United Kingdom</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Luxembourg_City" title="Luxembourg City">Luxembourg</a></b>, Luxembourg</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Madrid" title="Madrid">Madrid</a></b>, Spain</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Minsk" title="Minsk">Minsk</a></b>, Belarus</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Monaco" title="Monaco">Monaco</a></b><sup>5</sup></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Moscow" title="Moscow">Moscow</a></b>, Russia</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Nicosia" title="Nicosia">Nicosia</a></b>, Cyprus<sup>2</sup></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Oslo" title="Oslo">Oslo</a></b>, Norway</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Paris" title="Paris">Paris</a></b>, France</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Podgorica" title="Podgorica">Podgorica</a></b>, Montenegro</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Prague" title="Prague">Prague</a></b>, Czech Republic</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Reykjav%C3%ADk" title="Reykjavík">Reykjavík</a></b>, Iceland</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Riga" title="Riga">Riga</a></b>, Latvia</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Rome" title="Rome">Rome</a></b>, Italy</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/City_of_San_Marino" title="City of San Marino">San Marino</a></b>, San Marino</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Sarajevo" title="Sarajevo">Sarajevo</a></b>, Bosnia and Herzegovina</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Skopje" title="Skopje">Skopje</a></b>, North Macedonia</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Sofia" title="Sofia">Sofia</a></b>, Bulgaria</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Stockholm" title="Stockholm">Stockholm</a></b>, Sweden</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Tallinn" title="Tallinn">Tallinn</a></b>, Estonia</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Tbilisi" title="Tbilisi">Tbilisi</a></b>, Georgia<sup>2</sup></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Tirana" title="Tirana">Tirana</a></b>, Albania</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Vaduz" title="Vaduz">Vaduz</a></b>, Liechtenstein</li> <li><b><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Valletta</a></b>, Malta</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Vatican_City" title="Vatican City">Vatican City</a></b><sup>4</sup></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Vienna" title="Vienna">Vienna</a></b>, Austria</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Vilnius" title="Vilnius">Vilnius</a></b>, Lithuania</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Warsaw" title="Warsaw">Warsaw</a></b>, Poland</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Yerevan" title="Yerevan">Yerevan</a></b>, Armenia<sup>2</sup></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Zagreb" title="Zagreb">Zagreb</a></b>, Croatia</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">States with<br />limited recognition</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><b><a href="/wiki/North_Nicosia" title="North Nicosia">North Nicosia</a></b>, Northern Cyprus</i><sup>2</sup></li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Pristina" title="Pristina">Pristina</a></b>, Kosovo</i></li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Sukhumi" title="Sukhumi">Sukhumi</a></b>, Abkhazia</i><sup>2</sup></li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Tiraspol" title="Tiraspol">Tiraspol</a></b>, Transnistria</i></li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Tskhinvali" title="Tskhinvali">Tskhinvali</a></b>, South Ossetia</i><sup>3</sup></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Dependencies</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Countries_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Countries of the United Kingdom">Constituent countries</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><i><b><a href="/wiki/London" title="London">London</a></b></i>, England</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Edinburgh" title="Edinburgh">Edinburgh</a></b></i>, Scotland</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Cardiff" title="Cardiff">Cardiff</a></b></i>, Wales</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Belfast" title="Belfast">Belfast</a></b></i>, Northern Ireland</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Crown_Dependencies" title="Crown Dependencies">Crown Dependencies</a> and<br /><a href="/wiki/British_Overseas_Territories" title="British Overseas Territories">Overseas Territories</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Douglas,_Isle_of_Man" title="Douglas, Isle of Man">Douglas</a></b></i>, Isle of Man</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Episkopi_Cantonment" title="Episkopi Cantonment">Episkopi Cantonment</a></b></i>, Akrotiri and Dhekelia</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Gibraltar" title="Gibraltar">Gibraltar</a></b></i>, Gibraltar</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/St_Helier" title="St Helier">St Helier</a></b></i>, Jersey</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Saint_Peter_Port" title="Saint Peter Port">Saint Peter Port</a></b></i>, Guernsey</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">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><i><b><a href="/wiki/Longyearbyen" title="Longyearbyen">Longyearbyen</a></b>, Svalbard (Norway)</i></li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/T%C3%B3rshavn" title="Tórshavn">Tórshavn</a></b>, Faroe Islands (Denmark)</i></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Federal states</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Provinces_of_Austria" class="mw-redirect" title="Provinces of Austria">Austria</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Bregenz" title="Bregenz">Bregenz</a></b></i>, Vorarlberg</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Eisenstadt" title="Eisenstadt">Eisenstadt</a></b></i>, Burgenland</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Graz" title="Graz">Graz</a></b></i>, Styria</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Innsbruck" title="Innsbruck">Innsbruck</a></b></i>, Tyrol</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Klagenfurt" class="mw-redirect" title="Klagenfurt">Klagenfurt</a></b></i>, Carinthia</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Linz" title="Linz">Linz</a></b></i>, Upper Austria</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Salzburg" title="Salzburg">Salzburg</a></b></i>, Salzburg</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Sankt_P%C3%B6lten" title="Sankt Pölten">Sankt Pölten</a></b></i>, Lower Austria</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Vienna" title="Vienna">Vienna</a></b></i>, Vienna</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Belgium" title="Belgium">Belgium</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Communities,_regions_and_language_areas_of_Belgium#Communities" class="mw-redirect" title="Communities, regions and language areas of Belgium">Communities</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><i><b><a href="/wiki/City_of_Brussels" title="City of Brussels">Brussels</a></b></i>, Flemish Community and French Community</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Eupen" title="Eupen">Eupen</a></b></i>, German-speaking Community</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Communities,_regions_and_language_areas_of_Belgium#Regions" class="mw-redirect" title="Communities, regions and language areas of Belgium">Regions</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><b><a href="/wiki/City_of_Brussels" title="City of Brussels">Brussels</a></b></i>, Brussels-Capital Region and Flanders</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Namur" title="Namur">Namur</a></b></i>, Wallonia</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Political_divisions_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina" title="Political divisions of Bosnia and Herzegovina">Bosnia and Herzegovina</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><i><b><a href="/wiki/Banja_Luka" title="Banja Luka">Banja Luka</a></b></i> (de facto), Republika Srpska</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Br%C4%8Dko" title="Brčko">Brčko</a></b></i>, Brčko District</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Sarajevo" title="Sarajevo">Sarajevo</a></b></i>, Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/States_of_Germany" title="States of Germany">Germany</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Berlin" title="Berlin">Berlin</a></b></i>, Berlin</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Bremen" title="Bremen">Bremen</a></b></i>, Bremen</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Dresden" title="Dresden">Dresden</a></b></i>, Saxony</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/D%C3%BCsseldorf" title="Düsseldorf">Düsseldorf</a></b></i>, North Rhine-Westphalia</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Erfurt" title="Erfurt">Erfurt</a></b></i>, Thuringia</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Hamburg" title="Hamburg">Hamburg</a></b></i>, Hamburg</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Hanover" title="Hanover">Hanover</a></b></i>, Lower Saxony</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Kiel" title="Kiel">Kiel</a></b></i>, Schleswig-Holstein</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Magdeburg" title="Magdeburg">Magdeburg</a></b></i>, Saxony-Anhalt</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Mainz" title="Mainz">Mainz</a></b></i>, Rhineland-Palatinate</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Munich" title="Munich">Munich</a></b></i>, Bavaria</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Potsdam" title="Potsdam">Potsdam</a></b></i>, Brandenburg</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Saarbr%C3%BCcken" title="Saarbrücken">Saarbrücken</a></b></i>, Saarland</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Schwerin" title="Schwerin">Schwerin</a></b></i>, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Stuttgart" title="Stuttgart">Stuttgart</a></b></i>, Baden-Württemberg</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Wiesbaden" title="Wiesbaden">Wiesbaden</a></b></i>, Hesse</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Federal_subjects_of_Russia" title="Federal subjects of Russia">Russia</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Republics_of_Russia" title="Republics of Russia">Republics</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><i><b><a href="/wiki/Cheboksary" title="Cheboksary">Cheboksary</a></b></i>, Chuvashia</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Cherkessk" title="Cherkessk">Cherkessk</a></b></i>, Karachay-Cherkessia</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Elista" title="Elista">Elista</a></b></i>, Kalmykia</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Grozny" title="Grozny">Grozny</a></b></i>, Chechnya</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Izhevsk" title="Izhevsk">Izhevsk</a></b></i>, Udmurtia</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Kazan" title="Kazan">Kazan</a></b></i>, Tatarstan</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Magas" title="Magas">Magas</a></b></i>, Ingushetia</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Makhachkala" title="Makhachkala">Makhachkala</a></b></i>, Dagestan</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Maykop" title="Maykop">Maykop</a></b></i>, Adygea</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Nalchik" title="Nalchik">Nalchik</a></b></i>, Kabardino-Balkaria</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Petrozavodsk" title="Petrozavodsk">Petrozavodsk</a></b></i>, Karelia</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Saransk" title="Saransk">Saransk</a></b></i>, Mordovia</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Simferopol" title="Simferopol">Simferopol</a></b></i>, Crimea (<a href="/wiki/Political_status_of_Crimea" title="Political status of Crimea">disputed</a>)</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Syktyvkar" title="Syktyvkar">Syktyvkar</a></b></i>, Komi</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Ufa" title="Ufa">Ufa</a></b></i>, Bashkortostan</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Vladikavkaz" title="Vladikavkaz">Vladikavkaz</a></b></i>, North Ossetia–Alania</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Yoshkar-Ola" title="Yoshkar-Ola">Yoshkar-Ola</a></b></i>, Mari El</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Autonomous_okrugs_of_Russia" title="Autonomous okrugs of Russia">Autonomous okrugs</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Naryan-Mar" title="Naryan-Mar">Naryan-Mar</a></b></i>, Nenets</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Krais_of_Russia" title="Krais of Russia">Krais</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><i><b><a href="/wiki/Krasnodar" title="Krasnodar">Krasnodar</a></b></i>, Krasnodar Krai</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Perm,_Russia" title="Perm, Russia">Perm</a></b></i>, Perm Krai</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Stavropol" title="Stavropol">Stavropol</a></b></i>, Stavropol Krai</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Oblasts_of_Russia" title="Oblasts of Russia">Oblasts</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Arkhangelsk" title="Arkhangelsk">Arkhangelsk</a></b></i>, Arkhangelsk Oblast</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Astrakhan" title="Astrakhan">Astrakhan</a></b></i>, Astrakhan Oblast</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Belgorod" title="Belgorod">Belgorod</a></b></i>, Belgorod Oblast</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Bryansk" title="Bryansk">Bryansk</a></b></i>, Bryansk Oblast</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Ivanovo" title="Ivanovo">Ivanovo</a></b></i>, Ivanovo Oblast</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Kaliningrad" title="Kaliningrad">Kaliningrad</a></b></i>, Kaliningrad Oblast</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Kaluga" title="Kaluga">Kaluga</a></b></i>, Kaluga Oblast</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Kirov,_Kirov_Oblast" title="Kirov, Kirov Oblast">Kirov</a></b></i>, Kirov Oblast</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Kostroma" title="Kostroma">Kostroma</a></b></i>, Kostroma Oblast</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Krasnogorsk,_Moscow_Oblast" title="Krasnogorsk, Moscow Oblast">Krasnogorsk</a> and <a href="/wiki/Moscow" title="Moscow">Moscow</a></b></i>, Moscow Oblast (de facto)</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Kursk" title="Kursk">Kursk</a></b></i>, Kursk Oblast</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Lipetsk" title="Lipetsk">Lipetsk</a></b></i>, Lipetsk Oblast</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Murmansk" title="Murmansk">Murmansk</a></b></i>, Murmansk Oblast</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Nizhny_Novgorod" title="Nizhny Novgorod">Nizhny Novgorod</a></b></i>, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Orenburg" title="Orenburg">Orenburg</a></b></i>, Orenburg Oblast</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Oryol" title="Oryol">Oryol</a></b></i>, Oryol Oblast</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Penza" title="Penza">Penza</a></b></i>, Penza Oblast</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Pskov" title="Pskov">Pskov</a></b></i>, Pskov Oblast</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Rostov-on-Don" title="Rostov-on-Don">Rostov-on-Don</a></b></i>, Rostov Oblast</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Ryazan" title="Ryazan">Ryazan</a></b></i>, Ryazan Oblast</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Gatchina" title="Gatchina">Gatchina</a></b></i>, Leningrad Oblast</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Samara" title="Samara">Samara</a></b></i>, Samara Oblast</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Saratov" title="Saratov">Saratov</a></b></i>, Saratov Oblast</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Smolensk" title="Smolensk">Smolensk</a></b></i>, Smolensk Oblast</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Tambov" title="Tambov">Tambov</a></b></i>, Tambov Oblast</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Tula,_Russia" title="Tula, Russia">Tula</a></b></i>, Tula Oblast</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Tver" title="Tver">Tver</a></b></i>, Tver Oblast</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Ulyanovsk" title="Ulyanovsk">Ulyanovsk</a></b></i>, Ulyanovsk Oblast</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Veliky_Novgorod" title="Veliky Novgorod">Veliky Novgorod</a></b></i>, Novgorod Oblast</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Vladimir,_Russia" title="Vladimir, Russia">Vladimir</a></b></i>, Vladimir Oblast</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Volgograd" title="Volgograd">Volgograd</a></b></i>, Volgograd Oblast</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Vologda" title="Vologda">Vologda</a></b></i>, Vologda Oblast</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Voronezh" title="Voronezh">Voronezh</a></b></i>, Voronezh Oblast</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Yaroslavl" title="Yaroslavl">Yaroslavl</a></b></i>, Yaroslavl Oblast</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Federal_cities_of_Russia" title="Federal cities of Russia">Federal cities</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><i><b><a href="/wiki/Moscow" title="Moscow">Moscow</a></b></i></li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Saint_Petersburg" title="Saint Petersburg">Saint Petersburg</a></b></i></li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Sevastopol" title="Sevastopol">Sevastopol</a></b></i> (<a href="/wiki/Political_status_of_Crimea" title="Political status of Crimea">disputed</a>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Cantons_of_Switzerland" title="Cantons of Switzerland">Switzerland</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Aarau" title="Aarau">Aarau</a></b></i>, Aargau</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Altdorf,_Uri" title="Altdorf, Uri">Altdorf</a></b></i>, Uri</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Appenzell_(village)" title="Appenzell (village)">Appenzell</a></b></i>, Appenzell Innerrhoden</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Basel" title="Basel">Basel</a></b></i>, Basel-Stadt</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Bellinzona" title="Bellinzona">Bellinzona</a></b></i>, Ticino</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Chur" title="Chur">Chur</a></b></i>, Grisons</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Del%C3%A9mont" title="Delémont">Delémont</a></b></i>, Jura</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Frauenfeld" title="Frauenfeld">Frauenfeld</a></b></i>, Thurgau</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Fribourg" title="Fribourg">Fribourg</a></b></i>, Canton of Fribourg</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Geneva" title="Geneva">Geneva</a></b></i>, Canton of Geneva</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Herisau" title="Herisau">Herisau</a></b></i>, Appenzell Ausserrhoden</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Lausanne" title="Lausanne">Lausanne</a></b></i>, Vaud</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Liestal" title="Liestal">Liestal</a></b></i>, Basel-Landschaft</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Lucerne" title="Lucerne">Lucerne</a></b></i>, Canton of Lucerne</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Neuch%C3%A2tel" title="Neuchâtel">Neuchâtel</a></b></i>, Canton of Neuchâtel</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Sarnen" title="Sarnen">Sarnen</a></b></i>, Obwalden</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Schaffhausen" title="Schaffhausen">Schaffhausen</a></b></i>, Canton of Schaffhausen</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Schwyz" title="Schwyz">Schwyz</a></b></i>, Canton of Schwyz</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Sion,_Switzerland" title="Sion, Switzerland">Sion</a></b></i>, Valais</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Solothurn" title="Solothurn">Solothurn</a></b></i>, Canton of Solothurn</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Stans" title="Stans">Stans</a></b></i>, Nidwalden</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/St._Gallen" title="St. Gallen">St. Gallen</a></b></i>, Canton of St. Gallen</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Glarus" title="Glarus">Glarus</a></b></i>, Canton of Glarus</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Zug" title="Zug">Zug</a></b></i>, Canton of Zug</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Zurich" title="Zurich">Zurich</a></b></i>, Canton of Zürich</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Autonomous<br />entities</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Italy" title="Italy">Italy</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Autonomous_regions" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Regions_of_Italy#Autonomous_regions_with_special_statute" title="Regions of Italy">Autonomous regions</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><i><b><a href="/wiki/Cagliari" title="Cagliari">Cagliari</a></b></i>, Sardinia</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Palermo" title="Palermo">Palermo</a></b></i>, Sicily</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Trento" title="Trento">Trento</a></b></i>, Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Aosta" title="Aosta">Aosta</a></b></i>, Aosta Valley</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Trieste" title="Trieste">Trieste</a></b></i>, Friuli Venezia Giulia</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Portugal" title="Portugal">Portugal</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Autonomous_regions" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Autonomous_regions_of_Portugal" class="mw-redirect" title="Autonomous regions of Portugal">Autonomous regions</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Ponta_Delgada" title="Ponta Delgada">Ponta Delgada</a>, <a href="/wiki/Angra_do_Hero%C3%ADsmo" title="Angra do Heroísmo">Angra do Heroísmo</a>, & <a href="/wiki/Horta,_Azores" title="Horta, Azores">Horta</a></b></i>, Azores</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Funchal" title="Funchal">Funchal</a></b></i>, Madeira</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Spain" title="Spain">Spain</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><i><b><a href="/wiki/Barcelona" title="Barcelona">Barcelona</a></b></i>, Catalonia</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Las_Palmas" title="Las Palmas">Las Palmas</a></b></i> & <i><b><a href="/wiki/Santa_Cruz_de_Tenerife" title="Santa Cruz de Tenerife">Santa Cruz de Tenerife</a></b></i>, Canary Islands</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Logro%C3%B1o" title="Logroño">Logroño</a></b></i>, La Rioja</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Madrid" title="Madrid">Madrid</a></b></i>, Community of Madrid</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/M%C3%A9rida,_Spain" title="Mérida, Spain">Mérida</a></b></i>, Extremadura</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Murcia" title="Murcia">Murcia</a></b></i>, Region of Murcia</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Oviedo" title="Oviedo">Oviedo</a></b></i>, Asturias</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Palma_de_Mallorca" title="Palma de Mallorca">Palma de Mallorca</a></b></i>, Balearic Islands</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Pamplona" title="Pamplona">Pamplona</a></b></i>, Navarre</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Santander,_Spain" title="Santander, Spain">Santander</a></b></i>, Cantabria</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Santiago_de_Compostela" title="Santiago de Compostela">Santiago de Compostela</a></b></i>, Galicia</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Seville" title="Seville">Seville</a></b></i>, Andalusia</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Toledo,_Spain" title="Toledo, Spain">Toledo</a></b></i>, Castilla–La Mancha (de facto)</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Valencia" title="Valencia">Valencia</a></b></i>, Valencian Community</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Valladolid" title="Valladolid">Valladolid</a></b></i>, Castile and León (de facto)</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Vitoria-Gasteiz" title="Vitoria-Gasteiz">Vitoria-Gasteiz</a></b></i>, Basque Country (de facto)</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Zaragoza" title="Zaragoza">Zaragoza</a></b></i>, Aragon</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Ajaccio" title="Ajaccio">Ajaccio</a></b></i>, Corsica Collectivité (France)</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Batumi" title="Batumi">Batumi</a></b></i>, Adjara (Georgia)</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Comrat" title="Comrat">Comrat</a></b></i>, Gagauzia (Moldova)</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Karyes,_Mount_Athos" title="Karyes, Mount Athos">Karyes</a></b></i>, Mount Athos (Greece)</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Mariehamn" title="Mariehamn">Mariehamn</a></b></i>, Åland Islands (Finland)</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Nakhchivan_(city)" title="Nakhchivan (city)">Nakhchivan</a></b></i>, Nakhchivan (Azerbaijan)</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Novi_Sad" title="Novi Sad">Novi Sad</a></b></i>, Vojvodina (Serbia)</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Simferopol" title="Simferopol">Simferopol</a></b></i>, Crimea (Ukraine)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div> <ul><li><span style="position: relative; top: 0.2em;"><sup>1</sup></span> Also the capital of the <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_the_Netherlands" title="Kingdom of the Netherlands">Kingdom of the Netherlands</a></li> <li><span style="position: relative; top: 0.2em;"><sup>2</sup></span> Continental placement may vary <a href="/wiki/Boundaries_between_the_continents_of_Earth#Asia_and_Europe" class="mw-redirect" title="Boundaries between the continents of Earth">depending on geographic convention</a> being followed</li> <li><span style="position: relative; top: 0.2em;"><sup>3</sup></span> Also the seat of the European Union, see 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title="Paris"><img alt="Paris" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Insigne_Lutetiae.svg/45px-Insigne_Lutetiae.svg.png" decoding="async" width="45" height="54" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Insigne_Lutetiae.svg/68px-Insigne_Lutetiae.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Insigne_Lutetiae.svg/90px-Insigne_Lutetiae.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="363" /></a></span> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="text-align:center; float:left; line-height:90%; width:95px;"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td><small><a href="/wiki/Czech_Republic" title="Czech Republic">Czech Republic</a>:</small><br /><a href="/wiki/Prague" title="Prague">Prague</a> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; height:80px;"> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Prague" title="Prague"><img alt="Prague" 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class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Insigne_Rigae.svg/68px-Insigne_Rigae.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Insigne_Rigae.svg/90px-Insigne_Rigae.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="363" /></a></span> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="text-align:center; float:left; line-height:90%; width:95px;"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td><small><a href="/wiki/Italy" title="Italy">Italy</a>:</small><br /><a href="/wiki/Rome" title="Rome">Rome</a> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; height:80px;"> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Rome" title="Rome"><img alt="Rome" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Insigne_Romanum.svg/45px-Insigne_Romanum.svg.png" decoding="async" width="45" height="54" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Insigne_Romanum.svg/68px-Insigne_Romanum.svg.png 1.5x, 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title="Malta">Malta</a>:</small><br /><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Valletta</a> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; height:80px;"> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Valletta" title="Valletta"><img alt="Valletta" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Insigne_Valettae.svg/45px-Insigne_Valettae.svg.png" decoding="async" width="45" height="54" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Insigne_Valettae.svg/68px-Insigne_Valettae.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Insigne_Valettae.svg/90px-Insigne_Valettae.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="363" /></a></span> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="text-align:center; float:left; line-height:90%; width:95px;"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td><small><a href="/wiki/Austria" title="Austria">Austria</a>:</small><br /><a href="/wiki/Vienna" title="Vienna">Vienna</a> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; 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title="Berlin">Berlin</a></dd> <dt><span class="nobold">1989</span></dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Paris" title="Paris">Paris</a></dd> <dt><span class="nobold">1990</span></dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Glasgow" title="Glasgow">Glasgow</a></dd> <dt><span class="nobold">1991</span></dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Dublin" title="Dublin">Dublin</a></dd> <dt><span class="nobold">1992</span></dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Madrid" title="Madrid">Madrid</a></dd> <dt><span class="nobold">1993</span></dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Antwerp" title="Antwerp">Antwerp</a></dd> <dt><span class="nobold">1994</span></dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Lisbon" title="Lisbon">Lisbon</a></dd> <dt><span class="nobold">1995</span></dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Luxembourg_City" title="Luxembourg City">Luxembourg City</a></dd> <dt><span class="nobold">1996</span></dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Copenhagen" title="Copenhagen">Copenhagen</a></dd> <dt><span class="nobold">1997</span></dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Thessaloniki" title="Thessaloniki">Thessaloniki</a></dd> <dt><span class="nobold">1998</span></dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Stockholm" title="Stockholm">Stockholm</a></dd> <dt><span class="nobold">1999</span></dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Weimar" title="Weimar">Weimar</a></dd> <dt><span class="nobold">2000</span></dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Reykjav%C3%ADk" title="Reykjavík">Reykjavík</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Bergen" title="Bergen">Bergen</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Helsinki" title="Helsinki">Helsinki</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Brussels" title="Brussels">Brussels</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Prague" title="Prague">Prague</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Krak%C3%B3w" title="Kraków">Kraków</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Santiago_de_Compostela" title="Santiago de Compostela">Santiago de Compostela</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Avignon" title="Avignon">Avignon</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Bologna" title="Bologna">Bologna</a></dd> <dt><span class="nobold">2001</span></dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Rotterdam" title="Rotterdam">Rotterdam</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Porto" title="Porto">Porto</a></dd> <dt><span class="nobold">2002</span></dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Bruges" title="Bruges">Bruges</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Salamanca" title="Salamanca">Salamanca</a></dd> <dt><span class="nobold">2003</span></dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Graz" title="Graz">Graz</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Plovdiv" title="Plovdiv">Plovdiv</a></dd> <dt><span class="nobold">2004</span></dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Genoa" title="Genoa">Genoa</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Lille" title="Lille">Lille</a></dd> <dt><span class="nobold">2005</span></dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Cork_(city)" title="Cork (city)">Cork</a></dd> <dt><span class="nobold">2006</span></dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Patras" title="Patras">Patras</a></dd> <dt><span class="nobold">2007</span></dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Luxembourg_City" title="Luxembourg City">Luxembourg City</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Sibiu" title="Sibiu">Sibiu</a></dd> <dt><span class="nobold">2008</span></dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Liverpool" 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