Malta - Wink Travel Guide

Malta is a small, island country in the Mediterranean Sea that lies south of the island of Sicily, Italy. The country has some of the world's most ancient standing buildings (the Neolithic temples), and its strategic location and good harbours in the middle of the Mediterranean have attracted Phoenicians, Greeks, Romans, Arabs, Normans, Crusaders, the French and finally the British, with the colonial period lasting until 1964. Valletta is  the capital. A UNESCO World Heritage site, named for Jean Parisot de la Valette, a French nobleman who was Grand Master of the Order of St. John and leader of the defenders during the Turkish siege of Malta in 1565.


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