VallettaExplored ✓The man with a city named after him
A siege, a Grand Master and a name you definitely recognise.
1-minute rabbit hole ↗Meet Malta’s main characters.
Meet the people whose ideas, courage and decisions left a mark.
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VallettaExplored ✓
ŻabbarExplored ✓One woman. Three history-making firsts.
MP. Minister. President. Meet Agatha Barbara.
1-minute rabbit hole ↗A LITTLE HISTORY. A BIG STORY.1915–1919Ħal Tarxien
Ħal TarxienExplored ✓The detective with a trowel.
Themistocles Zammit helped uncover Malta’s prehistoric story.
1-minute rabbit hole ↗A LITTLE HISTORY. A BIG STORY.1920sBorġ in-Nadur, Birżebbuġa
Borġ in-Nadur, BirżebbuġaExplored ✓A woman digging into Malta’s deep past.
Margaret Murray investigated a site with more than one life.
1-minute rabbit hole ↗A LITTLE HISTORY. A BIG STORY.1960sSkorba, Mġarr
Skorba, MġarrExplored ✓No, the other Trump. The archaeologist.
David Trump helped fill gaps in Malta’s prehistoric timeline.
1-minute rabbit hole ↗A LITTLE HISTORY. A BIG STORY.1613–1699Valletta
VallettaExplored ✓The artist who made you look up.
Mattia Preti turned a cathedral vault into a visual story.
1-minute rabbit hole ↗A LITTLE HISTORY. A BIG STORY.1607–1608Valletta and Birgu
Valletta and BirguExplored ✓Genius, shadows… and a very messy exit.
Caravaggio’s Malta chapter was short, dramatic and influential.
1-minute rabbit hole ↗A LITTLE HISTORY. A BIG STORY.1825Valletta
VallettaExplored ✓Making room for Maltese in the classroom.
Vassalli helped give the Maltese language an academic home.
1-minute rabbit hole ↗A LITTLE HISTORY. A BIG STORY.1922Malta
MaltaExplored ✓The poet behind the words you know.
Dun Karm Psaila wrote the words of L-Innu Malti.
1-minute rabbit hole ↗A LITTLE HISTORY. A BIG STORY.1922Malta
MaltaExplored ✓A LITTLE HISTORY. A BIG STORY.1964Malta
MaltaExplored ✓Independence took negotiations, not a magic switch.
George Borg Olivier was Prime Minister when Malta became independent.
1-minute rabbit hole ↗A LITTLE HISTORY. A BIG STORY.1970sMalta
MaltaExplored ✓A Prime Minister in a decade of big changes.
Dom Mintoff’s premiership overlapped with the republic and the end of the British military base.
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