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  • VALLETTA, MALTA - 2 November 2013: A Knights' cloak beloning to Marquis Nicholas de Piro (72), a Knight Hospitaller of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem (also known as Knights of Malta), hangs on closet in the Archives of Casa Rocca Piccola, a 16th-century palace and home of the noble de Piro family in Valletta, Malta, on November 2nd 2013. <br />
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Casa Rocca Piccola was one of two houses built in Valletta by Admiral Don Pietro la Rocca. It is referenced in maps of the time as "la casa con giardino" meaning, the house with the garden, as normally houses in Valletta were not allowed gardens.<br />
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Valleta was named after Jean Parisot de Valette of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, who succeeded in defending the island from an Ottoman invasion in 1565, known as the Siege of Malta. The city was founded immediately after the end of the Siege of Malta to fortify the Order's position in Malta and bind the Knights to the island.
    CIPG_20131102_NYT_Malta-Travel__M3_6...jpg
  • VALLETTA, MALTA - 3 November 2013: Tourists and Maltese are here at the Upper Barrakka Gadens, a public garden in Valletta, Malta, on November 3rd 2013. The garden was the gift of an eighteenth-century Italian knight. It was originally intended to offer recreation to the knights of the Italian langue, or department, of the Order of Saint John.<br />
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Valleta was named after Jean Parisot de Valette of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, who succeeded in defending the island from an Ottoman invasion in 1565, known as the Siege of Malta. The city was founded immediately after the end of the Siege of Malta to fortify the Order's position in Malta and bind the Knights to the island.
    CIPG_20131103_NYT_Malta-Travel__M3_8...jpg
  • VALLETTA, MALTA - 2 November 2013: Marquis Nicholas de Piro (72), a Knight Hospitaller of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem (also known as Knights of Malta), is here in the Green Room of Casa Rocca Piccola, a 16th-century palace and home of the noble de Piro family in Valletta, Malta, on November 2nd 2013. <br />
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Casa Rocca Piccola was one of two houses built in Valletta by Admiral Don Pietro la Rocca. It is referenced in maps of the time as "la casa con giardino" meaning, the house with the garden, as normally houses in Valletta were not allowed gardens.<br />
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Valleta was named after Jean Parisot de Valette of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, who succeeded in defending the island from an Ottoman invasion in 1565, known as the Siege of Malta. The city was founded immediately after the end of the Siege of Malta to fortify the Order's position in Malta and bind the Knights to the island.
    CIPG_20131102_NYT_Malta-Travel__M3_7...jpg
  • VALLETTA, MALTA - 2 November 2013: Marquis Nicholas de Piro (72), a Knight Hospitaller of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem (also known as Knights of Malta), is here in the Green Room of Casa Rocca Piccola, a 16th-century palace and home of the noble de Piro family in Valletta, Malta, on November 2nd 2013. <br />
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Casa Rocca Piccola was one of two houses built in Valletta by Admiral Don Pietro la Rocca. It is referenced in maps of the time as "la casa con giardino" meaning, the house with the garden, as normally houses in Valletta were not allowed gardens.<br />
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Valleta was named after Jean Parisot de Valette of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, who succeeded in defending the island from an Ottoman invasion in 1565, known as the Siege of Malta. The city was founded immediately after the end of the Siege of Malta to fortify the Order's position in Malta and bind the Knights to the island.
    CIPG_20131102_NYT_Malta-Travel__M3_7...jpg
  • VALLETTA, MALTA - 2 November 2013: The eight-pointed Maltese Cross belonging to Marquis Nicholas de Piro (72), a Knight Hospitaller of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem (also known as Knights of Malta), is here in his studio at Casa Rocca Piccola, a 16th-century palace and home of the noble de Piro family in Valletta, Malta, on November 2nd 2013. <br />
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Casa Rocca Piccola was one of two houses built in Valletta by Admiral Don Pietro la Rocca. It is referenced in maps of the time as "la casa con giardino" meaning, the house with the garden, as normally houses in Valletta were not allowed gardens.<br />
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Valleta was named after Jean Parisot de Valette of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, who succeeded in defending the island from an Ottoman invasion in 1565, known as the Siege of Malta. The city was founded immediately after the end of the Siege of Malta to fortify the Order's position in Malta and bind the Knights to the island.
    CIPG_20131102_NYT_Malta-Travel__M3_7...jpg
  • VALLETTA, MALTA - 2 November 2013: The eight-pointed Maltese Cross belonging to Marquis Nicholas de Piro (72), a Knight Hospitaller of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem (also known as Knights of Malta), is here in his studio at Casa Rocca Piccola, a 16th-century palace and home of the noble de Piro family in Valletta, Malta, on November 2nd 2013. <br />
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Casa Rocca Piccola was one of two houses built in Valletta by Admiral Don Pietro la Rocca. It is referenced in maps of the time as "la casa con giardino" meaning, the house with the garden, as normally houses in Valletta were not allowed gardens.<br />
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Valleta was named after Jean Parisot de Valette of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, who succeeded in defending the island from an Ottoman invasion in 1565, known as the Siege of Malta. The city was founded immediately after the end of the Siege of Malta to fortify the Order's position in Malta and bind the Knights to the island.
    CIPG_20131102_NYT_Malta-Travel__M3_7...jpg
  • VALLETTA, MALTA - 3 November 2013: A boy runs unders the archs of the Upper Barrakka Gardens, a public garden overlooing the Grand Harbour, in Valletta, Malta, on November 3rd 2013. The garden was the gift of an eighteenth-century Italian knight. It was originally intended to offer recreation to the knights of the Italian langue, or department, of the Order of Saint John.<br />
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Valleta was named after Jean Parisot de Valette of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, who succeeded in defending the island from an Ottoman invasion in 1565, known as the Siege of Malta. The city was founded immediately after the end of the Siege of Malta to fortify the Order's position in Malta and bind the Knights to the island.
    CIPG_20131103_NYT_Malta-Travel__M3_9...jpg
  • VALLETTA, MALTA - 3 November 2013: A man strolls in the Upper Barrakka Gardens, a public garden in Valletta, Malta, on November 3rd 2013. The garden was the gift of an eighteenth-century Italian knight. It was originally intended to offer recreation to the knights of the Italian langue, or department, of the Order of Saint John.<br />
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Valleta was named after Jean Parisot de Valette of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, who succeeded in defending the island from an Ottoman invasion in 1565, known as the Siege of Malta. The city was founded immediately after the end of the Siege of Malta to fortify the Order's position in Malta and bind the Knights to the island.
    CIPG_20131103_NYT_Malta-Travel__M3_9...jpg
  • VALLETTA, MALTA - 3 November 2013: An elderly Maltese couple walk in the Upper Barrakka Gardens, a public garden in Valletta, Malta, on November 3rd 2013. The garden was the gift of an eighteenth-century Italian knight. It was originally intended to offer recreation to the knights of the Italian langue, or department, of the Order of Saint John.<br />
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Valleta was named after Jean Parisot de Valette of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, who succeeded in defending the island from an Ottoman invasion in 1565, known as the Siege of Malta. The city was founded immediately after the end of the Siege of Malta to fortify the Order's position in Malta and bind the Knights to the island.
    CIPG_20131103_NYT_Malta-Travel__M3_9...jpg
  • VALLETTA, MALTA - 3 November 2013: A view of the Grand Harbour and Fort St Angelo from the Upper Barrakka Gardens, a public garden in Valletta, Malta, on November 3rd 2013. The garden was the gift of an eighteenth-century Italian knight. It was originally intended to offer recreation to the knights of the Italian langue, or department, of the Order of Saint John.<br />
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Valleta was named after Jean Parisot de Valette of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, who succeeded in defending the island from an Ottoman invasion in 1565, known as the Siege of Malta. The city was founded immediately after the end of the Siege of Malta to fortify the Order's position in Malta and bind the Knights to the island.
    CIPG_20131103_NYT_Malta-Travel__M3_9...jpg
  • VALLETTA, MALTA - 2 November 2013: Marquis Nicholas de Piro (72), a Knight Hospitaller of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem (also known as Knights of Malta), walks up the staircase of Casa Rocca Piccola, a 16th-century palace and home of the noble de Piro family in Valletta, Malta, on November 2nd 2013. <br />
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Casa Rocca Piccola was one of two houses built in Valletta by Admiral Don Pietro la Rocca. It is referenced in maps of the time as "la casa con giardino" meaning, the house with the garden, as normally houses in Valletta were not allowed gardens.<br />
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Valleta was named after Jean Parisot de Valette of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, who succeeded in defending the island from an Ottoman invasion in 1565, known as the Siege of Malta. The city was founded immediately after the end of the Siege of Malta to fortify the Order's position in Malta and bind the Knights to the island.
    CIPG_20131102_NYT_Malta-Travel__M3_7...jpg
  • VALLETTA, MALTA - 2 November 2013: Marquis Nicholas de Piro (72), a Knight Hospitaller of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem (also known as Knights of Malta), checks his watch here in the Green Room of Casa Rocca Piccola, a 16th-century palace and home of the noble de Piro family in Valletta, Malta, on November 2nd 2013. <br />
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Casa Rocca Piccola was one of two houses built in Valletta by Admiral Don Pietro la Rocca. It is referenced in maps of the time as "la casa con giardino" meaning, the house with the garden, as normally houses in Valletta were not allowed gardens.<br />
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Valleta was named after Jean Parisot de Valette of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, who succeeded in defending the island from an Ottoman invasion in 1565, known as the Siege of Malta. The city was founded immediately after the end of the Siege of Malta to fortify the Order's position in Malta and bind the Knights to the island.
    CIPG_20131102_NYT_Malta-Travel__M3_7...jpg
  • VALLETTA, MALTA - 2 November 2013: Marquis Nicholas de Piro (72), a Knight Hospitaller of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem (also known as Knights of Malta), consults an 18th century letter catalog of his ancestor Giovanni Pio, in the Archives of Casa Rocca Piccola, a 16th-century palace and home of the noble de Piro family in Valletta, Malta, on November 2nd 2013. <br />
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Casa Rocca Piccola was one of two houses built in Valletta by Admiral Don Pietro la Rocca. It is referenced in maps of the time as "la casa con giardino" meaning, the house with the garden, as normally houses in Valletta were not allowed gardens.<br />
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Valleta was named after Jean Parisot de Valette of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, who succeeded in defending the island from an Ottoman invasion in 1565, known as the Siege of Malta. The city was founded immediately after the end of the Siege of Malta to fortify the Order's position in Malta and bind the Knights to the island.
    CIPG_20131102_NYT_Malta-Travel__M3_6...jpg
  • VALLETTA, MALTA - 2 November 2013: Marquis Nicholas de Piro (72), a Knight Hospitaller of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem (also known as Knights of Malta), walks in the Archives of Casa Rocca Piccola, a 16th-century palace and home of the noble de Piro family in Valletta, Malta, on November 2nd 2013. <br />
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Casa Rocca Piccola was one of two houses built in Valletta by Admiral Don Pietro la Rocca. It is referenced in maps of the time as "la casa con giardino" meaning, the house with the garden, as normally houses in Valletta were not allowed gardens.<br />
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Valleta was named after Jean Parisot de Valette of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, who succeeded in defending the island from an Ottoman invasion in 1565, known as the Siege of Malta. The city was founded immediately after the end of the Siege of Malta to fortify the Order's position in Malta and bind the Knights to the island.
    CIPG_20131102_NYT_Malta-Travel__M3_6...jpg
  • VALLETTA, MALTA - 3 November 2013: View of Mdina from the Upper Barrakka Gadens, a public garden in Valletta, Malta, on November 3rd 2013. The garden was the gift of an eighteenth-century Italian knight. It was originally intended to offer recreation to the knights of the Italian langue, or department, of the Order of Saint John.<br />
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Valleta was named after Jean Parisot de Valette of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, who succeeded in defending the island from an Ottoman invasion in 1565, known as the Siege of Malta. The city was founded immediately after the end of the Siege of Malta to fortify the Order's position in Malta and bind the Knights to the island.
    CIPG_20131103_NYT_Malta-Travel__M3_9...jpg
  • VALLETTA, MALTA - 3 November 2013: The Upper Barrakka Gardens, a public garden in Valletta, Malta, on November 3rd 2013. The garden was the gift of an eighteenth-century Italian knight. It was originally intended to offer recreation to the knights of the Italian langue, or department, of the Order of Saint John.<br />
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Valleta was named after Jean Parisot de Valette of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, who succeeded in defending the island from an Ottoman invasion in 1565, known as the Siege of Malta. The city was founded immediately after the end of the Siege of Malta to fortify the Order's position in Malta and bind the Knights to the island.
    CIPG_20131103_NYT_Malta-Travel__M3_9...jpg
  • VALLETTA, MALTA - 4 November 2013: The floor of the interior of St John's Co-Cathedral is entirely made  gravestones of the Knights of Malta, in Valletta, Malta, on November 4th, 2013. St. John's Cathedral, built by the Knights of Malta between 1573 and 1578, is considered to be one of the finest examples of high Baroque architecture in Europe and one of the world's great cathedrals.<br />
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Valleta was named after Jean Parisot de Valette of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, who succeeded in defending the island from an Ottoman invasion in 1565, known as the Siege of Malta. The city was founded immediately after the end of the Siege of Malta to fortify the Order's position in Malta and bind the Knights to the island.
    CIPG_20131104_NYT_Malta-Travel__M3_9...jpg
  • VALLETTA, MALTA - 4 November 2013: A visitor admire looks at the ceiling of St John's Co-Cathedral in Valletta, Malta, on November 4th, 2013. St. John's Cathedral, built by the Knights of Malta between 1573 and 1578, is considered to be one of the finest examples of high Baroque architecture in Europe and one of the world's great cathedrals.<br />
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Valleta was named after Jean Parisot de Valette of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, who succeeded in defending the island from an Ottoman invasion in 1565, known as the Siege of Malta. The city was founded immediately after the end of the Siege of Malta to fortify the Order's position in Malta and bind the Knights to the island.
    CIPG_20131104_NYT_Malta-Travel__M3_9...jpg
  • VALLETTA, MALTA - 4 November 2013: Visitors listen to an audio guide at St John's Co-Cathedral in Valletta, Malta, on November 4th, 2013. St. John's Cathedral, built by the Knights of Malta between 1573 and 1578, is considered to be one of the finest examples of high Baroque architecture in Europe and one of the world's great cathedrals.<br />
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Valleta was named after Jean Parisot de Valette of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, who succeeded in defending the island from an Ottoman invasion in 1565, known as the Siege of Malta. The city was founded immediately after the end of the Siege of Malta to fortify the Order's position in Malta and bind the Knights to the island.
    CIPG_20131104_NYT_Malta-Travel__M3_9...jpg
  • VALLETTA, MALTA - 4 November 2013: Interior of St John's Co-Cathedral in Valletta, Malta, on November 4th, 2013. St. John's Cathedral, built by the Knights of Malta between 1573 and 1578, is considered to be one of the finest examples of high Baroque architecture in Europe and one of the world's great cathedrals.<br />
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Valleta was named after Jean Parisot de Valette of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, who succeeded in defending the island from an Ottoman invasion in 1565, known as the Siege of Malta. The city was founded immediately after the end of the Siege of Malta to fortify the Order's position in Malta and bind the Knights to the island.
    CIPG_20131104_NYT_Malta-Travel__M3_9...jpg
  • VALLETTA, MALTA - 2 November 2013: The exterior, in sharp contrast with the interior, of St. John's Co-Cathedral in Valletta, Malta, on November 2nd 2013. St. John's Cathedral, built by the Knights of Malta between 1573 and 1578, is considered to be one of the finest examples of high Baroque architecture in Europe and one of the world's great cathedrals.<br />
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Valleta was named after Jean Parisot de Valette of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, who succeeded in defending the island from an Ottoman invasion in 1565, known as the Siege of Malta. The city was founded immediately after the end of the Siege of Malta to fortify the Order's position in Malta and bind the Knights to the island.
    CIPG_20131102_NYT_Malta-Travel__M3_7...jpg
  • VALLETTA, MALTA - 2 November 2013: The exterior, in sharp contrast with the interior, of St. John's Co-Cathedral in Valletta, Malta, on November 2nd 2013. St. John's Cathedral, built by the Knights of Malta between 1573 and 1578, is considered to be one of the finest examples of high Baroque architecture in Europe and one of the world's great cathedrals.<br />
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Valleta was named after Jean Parisot de Valette of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, who succeeded in defending the island from an Ottoman invasion in 1565, known as the Siege of Malta. The city was founded immediately after the end of the Siege of Malta to fortify the Order's position in Malta and bind the Knights to the island.
    CIPG_20131102_NYT_Malta-Travel__M3_7...jpg
  • VALLETTA, MALTA - 2 November 2013: The exterior, in sharp contrast with the interior, of St. John's Co-Cathedral in Valletta, Malta, on November 2nd 2013. St. John's Cathedral, built by the Knights of Malta between 1573 and 1578, is considered to be one of the finest examples of high Baroque architecture in Europe and one of the world's great cathedrals.<br />
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Valleta was named after Jean Parisot de Valette of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, who succeeded in defending the island from an Ottoman invasion in 1565, known as the Siege of Malta. The city was founded immediately after the end of the Siege of Malta to fortify the Order's position in Malta and bind the Knights to the island.
    CIPG_20131102_NYT_Malta-Travel__Cath...jpg
  • VALLETTA, MALTA - 4 November 2013: A boat navigates in the Grand Harbour in Valletta, Malta, on November 4th, 2013.<br />
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Valleta was named after Jean Parisot de Valette of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, who succeeded in defending the island from an Ottoman invasion in 1565, known as the Siege of Malta. The city was founded immediately after the end of the Siege of Malta to fortify the Order's position in Malta and bind the Knights to the island.
    CIPG_20131104_NYT_Malta-Travel__M3_9...jpg
  • VALLETTA, MALTA - 3 November 2013: Valletta seen from a rooftop in Valletta, Malta, on November 3rd 2013.<br />
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Valleta was named after Jean Parisot de Valette of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, who succeeded in defending the island from an Ottoman invasion in 1565, known as the Siege of Malta. The city was founded immediately after the end of the Siege of Malta to fortify the Order's position in Malta and bind the Knights to the island.
    CIPG_20131104_NYT_Malta-Travel__M3_9...jpg
  • VALLETTA, MALTA - 3 November 2013: A man walks up on a pickup to tow a horse cart, in Valletta, Malta, on November 3rd 2013.<br />
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Valleta was named after Jean Parisot de Valette of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, who succeeded in defending the island from an Ottoman invasion in 1565, known as the Siege of Malta. The city was founded immediately after the end of the Siege of Malta to fortify the Order's position in Malta and bind the Knights to the island.
    CIPG_20131103_NYT_Malta-Travel__M3_9...jpg
  • VALLETTA, MALTA - 3 November 2013: A woman looks down on Melita street from her wooden balcony in Valletta, Malta, on November 3rd 2013.<br />
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Valleta was named after Jean Parisot de Valette of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, who succeeded in defending the island from an Ottoman invasion in 1565, known as the Siege of Malta. The city was founded immediately after the end of the Siege of Malta to fortify the Order's position in Malta and bind the Knights to the island.
    CIPG_20131103_NYT_Malta-Travel__M3_9...jpg
  • VUTTORIOSA, MALTA - 3 November 2013: A thematic display of the passion and resurrection of Christ at the Inquisitor's Palace in Vittoriosa, Malta, on November 3rd 2013.<br />
The Inquisitor's Palace was the residence of the inquisitors, whose task was to act as a watchdog against all kinds of heretical beliefs and practices, targeting the threat of Protestantism, blasphemy, apostasy to Islam during slavery, bigamy and magic.<br />
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The Holy Roman Inquisition was officially set up in Malta in 1574<br />
Valleta was named after Jean Parisot de Valette of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, who succeeded in defending the island from an Ottoman invasion in 1565, known as the Siege of Malta. The city was founded immediately after the end of the Siege of Malta to fortify the Order's position in Malta and bind the Knights to the island.
    CIPG_20131103_NYT_Malta-Travel__M3_8...jpg
  • VALLETTA, MALTA - 3 November 2013: A woman washes part of the St Lucia-s street in front of her door in Valletta, Malta, on November 3rd 2013.<br />
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Valleta was named after Jean Parisot de Valette of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, who succeeded in defending the island from an Ottoman invasion in 1565, known as the Siege of Malta. The city was founded immediately after the end of the Siege of Malta to fortify the Order's position in Malta and bind the Knights to the island.
    CIPG_20131103_NYT_Malta-Travel__M3_8...jpg
  • VALLETTA, MALTA - 3 November 2013: A George III cannon in Msida Garden of Rest in Valletta, Malta, on November 3rd 2013. The Garden was the main protestant cemetery or burial place in Malta from about 1806. The Garden of Rest lies in the Msida Bastion, which is so called because it overlooks Msida across the Harbour.<br />
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Valleta was named after Jean Parisot de Valette of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, who succeeded in defending the island from an Ottoman invasion in 1565, known as the Siege of Malta. The city was founded immediately after the end of the Siege of Malta to fortify the Order's position in Malta and bind the Knights to the island.
    CIPG_20131103_NYT_Malta-Travel__M3_8...jpg
  • VALLETTA, MALTA - 3 November 2013: The quarry wharf, the Grand Harbour and the Upper Barrakka Gardens (top right) are seen from a rooftop in Valletta, Malta, on November 3rd 2013.<br />
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Valleta was named after Jean Parisot de Valette of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, who succeeded in defending the island from an Ottoman invasion in 1565, known as the Siege of Malta. The city was founded immediately after the end of the Siege of Malta to fortify the Order's position in Malta and bind the Knights to the island.
    CIPG_20131103_NYT_Malta-Travel__M3_8...jpg
  • VALLETTA, MALTA - 3 November 2013: Warehouses in Liesse street, in Valletta, Malta, on November 3rd 2013.<br />
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Valleta was named after Jean Parisot de Valette of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, who succeeded in defending the island from an Ottoman invasion in 1565, known as the Siege of Malta. The city was founded immediately after the end of the Siege of Malta to fortify the Order's position in Malta and bind the Knights to the island.
    CIPG_20131103_NYT_Malta-Travel__M3_8...jpg
  • VALLETTA, MALTA - 3 November 2013: The quarry wharf, the Upper Barrakka Gardens and buildings of Valletta as seen from the Grand Harbour in Valletta, Malta, on November 3rd 2013.<br />
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Valleta was named after Jean Parisot de Valette of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, who succeeded in defending the island from an Ottoman invasion in 1565, known as the Siege of Malta. The city was founded immediately after the end of the Siege of Malta to fortify the Order's position in Malta and bind the Knights to the island.
    CIPG_20131103_NYT_Malta-Travel__M3_8...jpg
  • VALLETTA, MALTA - 3 November 2013: The northeastern coast of the peninsula of Valletta, as seen from the Mediterranean Sea, in Valletta, Malta, on November 3rd 2013.<br />
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Valleta was named after Jean Parisot de Valette of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, who succeeded in defending the island from an Ottoman invasion in 1565, known as the Siege of Malta. The city was founded immediately after the end of the Siege of Malta to fortify the Order's position in Malta and bind the Knights to the island.
    CIPG_20131103_NYT_Malta-Travel__M3_8...jpg
  • VALLETTA, MALTA - 3 November 2013: A car parked by the quarry wharf in Valletta, Malta, on November 3rd 2013.<br />
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Valleta was named after Jean Parisot de Valette of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, who succeeded in defending the island from an Ottoman invasion in 1565, known as the Siege of Malta. The city was founded immediately after the end of the Siege of Malta to fortify the Order's position in Malta and bind the Knights to the island.
    CIPG_20131103_NYT_Malta-Travel__M3_7...jpg
  • VALLETTA, MALTA - 4 November 2013: Documents wait to be analyzed at the Notarial Archies in Valletta, Malta, on November 4th, 2013. At the Notarial Archives lie more than 500 years' worth of legal documents, the majority in Italian and Latin. There are 20,000 volumes at the Notarial Archives.<br />
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Valleta was named after Jean Parisot de Valette of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, who succeeded in defending the island from an Ottoman invasion in 1565, known as the Siege of Malta. The city was founded immediately after the end of the Siege of Malta to fortify the Order's position in Malta and bind the Knights to the island.
    CIPG_20131104_NYT_Malta-Travel__M3_9...jpg
  • VALLETTA, MALTA - 4 November 2013: British Royal Navy Ships are painted on a wall by the Grand Harbour under Mediterranean Street in Valletta, Malta, on November 4th, 2013.<br />
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Valleta was named after Jean Parisot de Valette of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, who succeeded in defending the island from an Ottoman invasion in 1565, known as the Siege of Malta. The city was founded immediately after the end of the Siege of Malta to fortify the Order's position in Malta and bind the Knights to the island.
    CIPG_20131104_NYT_Malta-Travel__M3_9...jpg
  • VALLETTA, MALTA - 3 November 2013: Valletta seen from a rooftop in Valletta, Malta, on November 3rd 2013.<br />
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Valleta was named after Jean Parisot de Valette of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, who succeeded in defending the island from an Ottoman invasion in 1565, known as the Siege of Malta. The city was founded immediately after the end of the Siege of Malta to fortify the Order's position in Malta and bind the Knights to the island.
    CIPG_20131104_NYT_Malta-Travel__M3_0...jpg
  • VALLETTA, MALTA - 3 November 2013: Fort St Angelo, the former seat of the Grand Master of Malta until the Siege of Malta of 1565 and military base of the British Royal Navy until 1979, is seen from a rooftop overlooing the Grand Harbour in Valletta, Malta, on November 3rd 2013. Fallen into a state of despair after the Royal Navy left Malta in 1979, Fort St Angelo is now under restoration until 2015.<br />
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Valleta was named after Jean Parisot de Valette of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, who succeeded in defending the island from an Ottoman invasion in 1565, known as the Siege of Malta. The city was founded immediately after the end of the Siege of Malta to fortify the Order's position in Malta and bind the Knights to the island.
    CIPG_20131104_NYT_Malta-Travel__M3_0...jpg
  • VALLETTA, MALTA - 3 November 2013: A car goes up the Mediterranean Street overlooking the Grand Habrbour in Valletta, Malta, on November 3rd 2013.<br />
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Valleta was named after Jean Parisot de Valette of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, who succeeded in defending the island from an Ottoman invasion in 1565, known as the Siege of Malta. The city was founded immediately after the end of the Siege of Malta to fortify the Order's position in Malta and bind the Knights to the island.
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  • VALLETTA, MALTA - 3 November 2013: Pigeons fly over the skyline of Valletta, with the tower of the St Paul's Cathedral and the cupola of the Carmelite Church, in Valletta, Malta, on November 3rd 2013.<br />
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Valleta was named after Jean Parisot de Valette of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, who succeeded in defending the island from an Ottoman invasion in 1565, known as the Siege of Malta. The city was founded immediately after the end of the Siege of Malta to fortify the Order's position in Malta and bind the Knights to the island.
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  • VALLETTA, MALTA - 3 November 2013: Typical maltese wooden balconies at sunset in Valletta, Malta, on November 3rd 2013.<br />
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Valleta was named after Jean Parisot de Valette of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, who succeeded in defending the island from an Ottoman invasion in 1565, known as the Siege of Malta. The city was founded immediately after the end of the Siege of Malta to fortify the Order's position in Malta and bind the Knights to the island.
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  • VALLETTA, MALTA - 3 November 2013: A couple hugs each other in Republic street in Valletta, Malta, on November 3rd 2013.<br />
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Valleta was named after Jean Parisot de Valette of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, who succeeded in defending the island from an Ottoman invasion in 1565, known as the Siege of Malta. The city was founded immediately after the end of the Siege of Malta to fortify the Order's position in Malta and bind the Knights to the island.
    CIPG_20131103_NYT_Malta-Travel__M3_9...jpg
  • VALLETTA, MALTA - 3 November 2013: Street art in Jean de la Vallette square, in Valletta, Malta, on November 3rd 2013.<br />
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Valleta was named after Jean Parisot de Valette of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, who succeeded in defending the island from an Ottoman invasion in 1565, known as the Siege of Malta. The city was founded immediately after the end of the Siege of Malta to fortify the Order's position in Malta and bind the Knights to the island.
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  • VALLETTA, MALTA - 3 November 2013: A girl looks out of a window of the Auberge de Castille, which houses the office of the Prime Minister of Malta, in Valletta, Malta, on November 3rd 2013.<br />
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Valleta was named after Jean Parisot de Valette of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, who succeeded in defending the island from an Ottoman invasion in 1565, known as the Siege of Malta. The city was founded immediately after the end of the Siege of Malta to fortify the Order's position in Malta and bind the Knights to the island.
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  • VALLETTA, MALTA - 3 November 2013: A boy rides a cannon in front of the Auberge de Castille, which houses the office of the Prime Minister of Malta, while being watched by a girl from a window, in Valletta, Malta, on November 3rd 2013.<br />
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Valleta was named after Jean Parisot de Valette of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, who succeeded in defending the island from an Ottoman invasion in 1565, known as the Siege of Malta. The city was founded immediately after the end of the Siege of Malta to fortify the Order's position in Malta and bind the Knights to the island.
    CIPG_20131103_NYT_Malta-Travel__M3_9...jpg
  • VALLETTA, MALTA - 3 November 2013: Two women walk towards the lift that will take down from the Upper Barrakka Gadens to the waterfront, in Valletta, Malta, on November 3rd 2013.<br />
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Valleta was named after Jean Parisot de Valette of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, who succeeded in defending the island from an Ottoman invasion in 1565, known as the Siege of Malta. The city was founded immediately after the end of the Siege of Malta to fortify the Order's position in Malta and bind the Knights to the island.
    CIPG_20131103_NYT_Malta-Travel__M3_9...jpg
  • VUTTORIOSA, MALTA - 3 November 2013: The courtroom of the Inquisitor's Palace in Vittoriosa, Malta, on November 3rd 2013.<br />
The Inquisitor's Palace was the residence of the inquisitors, whose task was to act as a watchdog against all kinds of heretical beliefs and practices, targeting the threat of Protestantism, blasphemy, apostasy to Islam during slavery, bigamy and magic.<br />
The Holy Roman Inquisition was officially set up in Malta in 1574.<br />
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Valleta was named after Jean Parisot de Valette of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, who succeeded in defending the island from an Ottoman invasion in 1565, known as the Siege of Malta. The city was founded immediately after the end of the Siege of Malta to fortify the Order's position in Malta and bind the Knights to the island.
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  • VALLETTA, MALTA - 2 November 2013: Fort St Angelo, the former seat of the Grand Master of Malta until the Siege of Malta of 1565 and military base of the British Royal Navy until 1979, is seen from Victoria Gate in Valletta, Malta, on November 2nd 2013. Fallen into a state of despair after the Royal Navy left Malta in 1979, Fort St Angelo is now under restoration until 2015.<br />
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Valleta was named after Jean Parisot de Valette of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, who succeeded in defending the island from an Ottoman invasion in 1565, known as the Siege of Malta. The city was founded immediately after the end of the Siege of Malta to fortify the Order's position in Malta and bind the Knights to the island.
    CIPG_20131103_NYT_Malta-Travel__M3_8...jpg
  • VALLETTA, MALTA - 3 November 2013: Faithfuls exit St John's Co-Cathedral after Sunday mass in Valletta, Malta, on November 3rd 2013.<br />
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Valleta was named after Jean Parisot de Valette of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, who succeeded in defending the island from an Ottoman invasion in 1565, known as the Siege of Malta. The city was founded immediately after the end of the Siege of Malta to fortify the Order's position in Malta and bind the Knights to the island.
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  • VALLETTA, MALTA - 3 November 2013: Graves at the Msida Garden of Rest in Valletta, Malta, on November 3rd 2013. The Garden was the main protestant cemetery or burial place in Malta from about 1806. The Garden of Rest lies in the Msida Bastion, which is so called because it overlooks Msida across the Harbour.<br />
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Valleta was named after Jean Parisot de Valette of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, who succeeded in defending the island from an Ottoman invasion in 1565, known as the Siege of Malta. The city was founded immediately after the end of the Siege of Malta to fortify the Order's position in Malta and bind the Knights to the island.
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  • VALLETTA, MALTA - 3 November 2013: Graves at the Msida Garden of Rest in Valletta, Malta, on November 3rd 2013. The Garden was the main protestant cemetery or burial place in Malta from about 1806. The Garden of Rest lies in the Msida Bastion, which is so called because it overlooks Msida across the Harbour.<br />
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Valleta was named after Jean Parisot de Valette of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, who succeeded in defending the island from an Ottoman invasion in 1565, known as the Siege of Malta. The city was founded immediately after the end of the Siege of Malta to fortify the Order's position in Malta and bind the Knights to the island.
    CIPG_20131103_NYT_Malta-Travel__M3_8...jpg
  • VALLETTA, MALTA - 3 November 2013: A woman stands in Republic street in Valletta, Malta, on November 3rd 2013.<br />
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Valleta was named after Jean Parisot de Valette of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, who succeeded in defending the island from an Ottoman invasion in 1565, known as the Siege of Malta. The city was founded immediately after the end of the Siege of Malta to fortify the Order's position in Malta and bind the Knights to the island.
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  • VALLETTA, MALTA - 3 November 2013: A guard is here at the Grandmaster's Palace, home to the Office of the President of Malta and to the House of Representatives, in Valletta, Malta, on November 3rd 2013. The Palace was one of the first buildings in Valletta, erected in 1571.<br />
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Valleta was named after Jean Parisot de Valette of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, who succeeded in defending the island from an Ottoman invasion in 1565, known as the Siege of Malta. The city was founded immediately after the end of the Siege of Malta to fortify the Order's position in Malta and bind the Knights to the island.
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  • VALLETTA, MALTA - 3 November 2013: Guards are here at the Grandmaster's Palace, home to the Office of the President of Malta and to the House of Representatives, in Valletta, Malta, on November 3rd 2013. The Palace was one of the first buildings in Valletta, erected in 1571.<br />
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Valleta was named after Jean Parisot de Valette of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, who succeeded in defending the island from an Ottoman invasion in 1565, known as the Siege of Malta. The city was founded immediately after the end of the Siege of Malta to fortify the Order's position in Malta and bind the Knights to the island.
    CIPG_20131103_NYT_Malta-Travel__M3_8...jpg
  • VALLETTA, MALTA - 3 November 2013: A woman walks up Liesse street towards Victoria Gate in Valletta, Malta, on November 3rd 2013.<br />
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Valleta was named after Jean Parisot de Valette of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, who succeeded in defending the island from an Ottoman invasion in 1565, known as the Siege of Malta. The city was founded immediately after the end of the Siege of Malta to fortify the Order's position in Malta and bind the Knights to the island.
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  • VALLETTA, MALTA - 3 November 2013: An elderly man fishes in the Gran Harbour from the quarry wharf in Valletta, Malta, on November 3rd 2013.<br />
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Valleta was named after Jean Parisot de Valette of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, who succeeded in defending the island from an Ottoman invasion in 1565, known as the Siege of Malta. The city was founded immediately after the end of the Siege of Malta to fortify the Order's position in Malta and bind the Knights to the island.
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  • VALLETTA, MALTA - 3 November 2013: An elderly man fishes in the Gran Harbour from the quarry wharf in Valletta, Malta, on November 3rd 2013.<br />
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Valleta was named after Jean Parisot de Valette of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, who succeeded in defending the island from an Ottoman invasion in 1565, known as the Siege of Malta. The city was founded immediately after the end of the Siege of Malta to fortify the Order's position in Malta and bind the Knights to the island.
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  • VALLETTA, MALTA - 3 November 2013: The merchant flag of Malta, with a white eight-pointed Maltese Cross, is here on a water taxi entering the Grand Harbour from the Mediterranean Sea, in Valletta, Malta, on November 3rd 2013.<br />
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Valleta was named after Jean Parisot de Valette of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, who succeeded in defending the island from an Ottoman invasion in 1565, known as the Siege of Malta. The city was founded immediately after the end of the Siege of Malta to fortify the Order's position in Malta and bind the Knights to the island.
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  • VALLETTA, MALTA - 3 November 2013: The northeastern coast of the peninsula of Valletta, as seen from the Mediterranean Sea, in Valletta, Malta, on November 3rd 2013.<br />
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Valleta was named after Jean Parisot de Valette of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, who succeeded in defending the island from an Ottoman invasion in 1565, known as the Siege of Malta. The city was founded immediately after the end of the Siege of Malta to fortify the Order's position in Malta and bind the Knights to the island.
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  • VALLETTA, MALTA - 3 November 2013: A man at the quarry wharf is about to start fisihing, in Valletta, Malta, on November 3rd 2013.<br />
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Valleta was named after Jean Parisot de Valette of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, who succeeded in defending the island from an Ottoman invasion in 1565, known as the Siege of Malta. The city was founded immediately after the end of the Siege of Malta to fortify the Order's position in Malta and bind the Knights to the island.
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  • VALLETTA, MALTA - 2 November 2013: A street artist plays accordion in Republic street in Valletta, Malta, on November 2nd 2013.<br />
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Valleta was named after Jean Parisot de Valette of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, who succeeded in defending the island from an Ottoman invasion in 1565, known as the Siege of Malta. The city was founded immediately after the end of the Siege of Malta to fortify the Order's position in Malta and bind the Knights to the island.
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  • VALLETTA, MALTA - 2 November 2013: Customers at Palazzo Preca restaurant in Valletta, Malta, on November 2nd 2013.<br />
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Valleta was named after Jean Parisot de Valette of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, who succeeded in defending the island from an Ottoman invasion in 1565, known as the Siege of Malta. The city was founded immediately after the end of the Siege of Malta to fortify the Order's position in Malta and bind the Knights to the island.
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  • VALLETTA, MALTA - 2 November 2013: A waiter of Palazzo Preca restaurant wait for a dish in the kitchen of the restaurant in Valletta, Malta, on November 2nd 2013.<br />
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Valleta was named after Jean Parisot de Valette of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, who succeeded in defending the island from an Ottoman invasion in 1565, known as the Siege of Malta. The city was founded immediately after the end of the Siege of Malta to fortify the Order's position in Malta and bind the Knights to the island.
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  • VALLETTA, MALTA - 2 November 2013: Ramona Preca, chef and owner of Palazzo Precain restaurant, is here in the kitchen, in Valletta, Malta, on November 2nd 2013.<br />
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Valleta was named after Jean Parisot de Valette of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, who succeeded in defending the island from an Ottoman invasion in 1565, known as the Siege of Malta. The city was founded immediately after the end of the Siege of Malta to fortify the Order's position in Malta and bind the Knights to the island.
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  • VALLETTA, MALTA - 2 November 2013: A cook prepares restaurant prepares a salad at Palazzo Preca restaurant in Valletta, Malta, on November 2nd 2013.<br />
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Valleta was named after Jean Parisot de Valette of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, who succeeded in defending the island from an Ottoman invasion in 1565, known as the Siege of Malta. The city was founded immediately after the end of the Siege of Malta to fortify the Order's position in Malta and bind the Knights to the island.
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  • VALLETTA, MALTA - 2 November 2013: Customers have dinner at Palazzo Preca resturant in Valletta, Malta, on November 2nd 2013.<br />
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Valleta was named after Jean Parisot de Valette of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, who succeeded in defending the island from an Ottoman invasion in 1565, known as the Siege of Malta. The city was founded immediately after the end of the Siege of Malta to fortify the Order's position in Malta and bind the Knights to the island.
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  • VALLETTA, MALTA - 2 November 2013: Fresh local maltese fish and lobsters are exposed on a cart at Palazzo Preca restaurant in Valletta, Malta, on November 2nd 2013.<br />
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Valleta was named after Jean Parisot de Valette of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, who succeeded in defending the island from an Ottoman invasion in 1565, known as the Siege of Malta. The city was founded immediately after the end of the Siege of Malta to fortify the Order's position in Malta and bind the Knights to the island.
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  • VALLETTA, MALTA - 2 November 2013: A mushroom vol-au-vent is being prepared in the kitchen of Palazzo Preca, restaurant in Valletta, Malta, on November 2nd 2013.<br />
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Valleta was named after Jean Parisot de Valette of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, who succeeded in defending the island from an Ottoman invasion in 1565, known as the Siege of Malta. The city was founded immediately after the end of the Siege of Malta to fortify the Order's position in Malta and bind the Knights to the island.
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  • VALLETTA, MALTA - 2 November 2013: Maltese men sit on the doors steps of St Barbara's church in Republic street in Valletta, Malta, on November 2nd 2013.<br />
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Valleta was named after Jean Parisot de Valette of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, who succeeded in defending the island from an Ottoman invasion in 1565, known as the Siege of Malta. The city was founded immediately after the end of the Siege of Malta to fortify the Order's position in Malta and bind the Knights to the island.
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  • VALLETTA, MALTA - 2 November 2013: An elderly woman attends mass at St Francis Church in Valletta, Malta, on November 2nd 2013.<br />
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Valleta was named after Jean Parisot de Valette of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, who succeeded in defending the island from an Ottoman invasion in 1565, known as the Siege of Malta. The city was founded immediately after the end of the Siege of Malta to fortify the Order's position in Malta and bind the Knights to the island.
    CIPG_20131102_NYT_Malta-Travel__M3_7...jpg
  • VALLETTA, MALTA - 2 November 2013: Fort St Angelo, the former seat of the Grand Master of Malta until the Siege of Malta of 1565 and military base of the British Royal Navy until 1979, is seen from a dock  the Grand Harbour in Valletta, Malta, on November 2nd 2013. Fallen into a state of despair after the Royal Navy left Malta in 1979, Fort St Angelo is now under restoration until 2015.<br />
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Valleta was named after Jean Parisot de Valette of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, who succeeded in defending the island from an Ottoman invasion in 1565, known as the Siege of Malta. The city was founded immediately after the end of the Siege of Malta to fortify the Order's position in Malta and bind the Knights to the island.
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  • VALLETTA, MALTA - 2 November 2013: A statue named Effervescentia is here in the garden of Casa Rocca Piccola, a 16th-century palace and home of the noble de Piro family in Valletta, Malta, on November 2nd 2013. <br />
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Casa Rocca Piccola was one of two houses built in Valletta by Admiral Don Pietro la Rocca. It is referenced in maps of the time as "la casa con giardino" meaning, the house with the garden, as normally houses in Valletta were not allowed gardens.<br />
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Valleta was named after Jean Parisot de Valette of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, who succeeded in defending the island from an Ottoman invasion in 1565, known as the Siege of Malta. The city was founded immediately after the end of the Siege of Malta to fortify the Order's position in Malta and bind the Knights to the island.
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  • VALLETTA, MALTA - 2 November 2013: 18th century silver surgical implements of a doctor of the Hospitaller Order are here exposed in the Blue Room of Casa Rocca Piccola, a 16th-century palace and home of the noble de Piro family in Valletta, Malta, on November 2nd 2013. <br />
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Casa Rocca Piccola was one of two houses built in Valletta by Admiral Don Pietro la Rocca. It is referenced in maps of the time as "la casa con giardino" meaning, the house with the garden, as normally houses in Valletta were not allowed gardens.<br />
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Valleta was named after Jean Parisot de Valette of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, who succeeded in defending the island from an Ottoman invasion in 1565, known as the Siege of Malta. The city was founded immediately after the end of the Siege of Malta to fortify the Order's position in Malta and bind the Knights to the island.
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  • VALLETTA, MALTA - 2 November 2013: Visitors listen to a guide at Casa Rocca Piccola, a 16th-century palace and home of the noble de Piro family in Valletta, Malta, on November 2nd 2013. <br />
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Casa Rocca Piccola was one of two houses built in Valletta by Admiral Don Pietro la Rocca. It is referenced in maps of the time as "la casa con giardino" meaning, the house with the garden, as normally houses in Valletta were not allowed gardens.<br />
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Valleta was named after Jean Parisot de Valette of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, who succeeded in defending the island from an Ottoman invasion in 1565, known as the Siege of Malta. The city was founded immediately after the end of the Siege of Malta to fortify the Order's position in Malta and bind the Knights to the island.
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  • VALLETTA, MALTA - 2 November 2013: A portrait of Giuseppe de Piro Gourgion, 6th Baron of Budach, is here at Casa Rocca Piccola, a 16th-century palace and home of the noble de Piro family in Valletta, Malta, on November 2nd 2013. <br />
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Casa Rocca Piccola was one of two houses built in Valletta by Admiral Don Pietro la Rocca. It is referenced in maps of the time as "la casa con giardino" meaning, the house with the garden, as normally houses in Valletta were not allowed gardens.<br />
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Valleta was named after Jean Parisot de Valette of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, who succeeded in defending the island from an Ottoman invasion in 1565, known as the Siege of Malta. The city was founded immediately after the end of the Siege of Malta to fortify the Order's position in Malta and bind the Knights to the island.
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  • VALLETTA, MALTA - 2 November 2013: An orange tree in the garden of Casa Rocca Piccola, a 16th-century palace and home of the noble de Piro family, is seen from a window of the summer dining room,  in Valletta, Malta, on November 2nd 2013. <br />
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Casa Rocca Piccola was one of two houses built in Valletta by Admiral Don Pietro la Rocca. It is referenced in maps of the time as "la casa con giardino" meaning, the house with the garden, as normally houses in Valletta were not allowed gardens.<br />
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Valleta was named after Jean Parisot de Valette of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, who succeeded in defending the island from an Ottoman invasion in 1565, known as the Siege of Malta. The city was founded immediately after the end of the Siege of Malta to fortify the Order's position in Malta and bind the Knights to the island.
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  • VALLETTA, MALTA - 2 November 2013: The summer dining room of Casa Rocca Piccola, a 16th-century palace and home of the noble de Piro family in Valletta, Malta, on November 2nd 2013. <br />
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Casa Rocca Piccola was one of two houses built in Valletta by Admiral Don Pietro la Rocca. It is referenced in maps of the time as "la casa con giardino" meaning, the house with the garden, as normally houses in Valletta were not allowed gardens.<br />
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Valleta was named after Jean Parisot de Valette of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, who succeeded in defending the island from an Ottoman invasion in 1565, known as the Siege of Malta. The city was founded immediately after the end of the Siege of Malta to fortify the Order's position in Malta and bind the Knights to the island.
    CIPG_20131102_NYT_Malta-Travel__M3_7...jpg
  • VALLETTA, MALTA - 4 November 2013: Joan Abela (44), a historian and volunteer at the Notarial Archives, consults a volume, in Valletta, Malta, on November 4th, 2013. At the Notarial Archives lie more than 500 years' worth of legal documents, the majority in Italian and Latin. There are 20,000 volumes at the Notarial Archives.<br />
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Valleta was named after Jean Parisot de Valette of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, who succeeded in defending the island from an Ottoman invasion in 1565, known as the Siege of Malta. The city was founded immediately after the end of the Siege of Malta to fortify the Order's position in Malta and bind the Knights to the island.
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  • VALLETTA, MALTA - 4 November 2013: An 18th century document in Ottoman Turkish, affixed with the cipher of Turga, grants safe passage to a christian merchant through enemy seas, is here at the Notarial Archies in Valletta, Malta, on November 4th, 2013. At the Notarial Archives lie more than 500 years' worth of legal documents, the majority in Italian and Latin. There are 20,000 volumes at the Notarial Archives.<br />
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Valleta was named after Jean Parisot de Valette of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, who succeeded in defending the island from an Ottoman invasion in 1565, known as the Siege of Malta. The city was founded immediately after the end of the Siege of Malta to fortify the Order's position in Malta and bind the Knights to the island.
    CIPG_20131104_NYT_Malta-Travel__M3_9...jpg
  • VALLETTA, MALTA - 4 November 2013: A man walks out of a warehouse at the quarry wharf in Valletta, Malta, on November 4th, 2013.<br />
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Valleta was named after Jean Parisot de Valette of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, who succeeded in defending the island from an Ottoman invasion in 1565, known as the Siege of Malta. The city was founded immediately after the end of the Siege of Malta to fortify the Order's position in Malta and bind the Knights to the island.
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  • VALLETTA, MALTA - 4 November 2013: Three men fish in the Grand Harbour in the north of Valletta by St Elmo's point, before the breakwaters delimiting the Mediterranean Sea, in Valletta, Malta, on November 4th, 2013.<br />
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Valleta was named after Jean Parisot de Valette of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, who succeeded in defending the island from an Ottoman invasion in 1565, known as the Siege of Malta. The city was founded immediately after the end of the Siege of Malta to fortify the Order's position in Malta and bind the Knights to the island.
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  • VALLETTA, MALTA - 4 November 2013: Two men fish in the Grand Harbour in the north of Valletta by St Elmo's point, before the breakwaters delimiting the Mediterranean Sea, in Valletta, Malta, on November 4th, 2013.<br />
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Valleta was named after Jean Parisot de Valette of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, who succeeded in defending the island from an Ottoman invasion in 1565, known as the Siege of Malta. The city was founded immediately after the end of the Siege of Malta to fortify the Order's position in Malta and bind the Knights to the island.
    CIPG_20131104_NYT_Malta-Travel__M3_9...jpg
  • VALLETTA, MALTA - 3 November 2013: Pigeons fly over the skyline of Valletta, with the tower of the St Paul's Cathedral and the cupola of the Carmelite Church, in Valletta, Malta, on November 3rd 2013.<br />
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Valleta was named after Jean Parisot de Valette of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, who succeeded in defending the island from an Ottoman invasion in 1565, known as the Siege of Malta. The city was founded immediately after the end of the Siege of Malta to fortify the Order's position in Malta and bind the Knights to the island.
    CIPG_20131103_NYT_Malta-Travel__M3_9...jpg
  • VALLETTA, MALTA - 3 November 2013: Typical maltese wooden balconies in East street in Valletta, Malta, on November 3rd 2013.<br />
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Valleta was named after Jean Parisot de Valette of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, who succeeded in defending the island from an Ottoman invasion in 1565, known as the Siege of Malta. The city was founded immediately after the end of the Siege of Malta to fortify the Order's position in Malta and bind the Knights to the island.
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  • VALLETTA, MALTA - 3 November 2013: A man stands in Republic street by St John's square in Valletta, Malta, on November 3rd 2013.<br />
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Valleta was named after Jean Parisot de Valette of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, who succeeded in defending the island from an Ottoman invasion in 1565, known as the Siege of Malta. The city was founded immediately after the end of the Siege of Malta to fortify the Order's position in Malta and bind the Knights to the island.
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  • VALLETTA, MALTA - 3 November 2013: People walk in Republic Street by the construction site of architect Renzo Piano's design for the city gate, in Valletta, Malta, on November 3rd 2013.<br />
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Valleta was named after Jean Parisot de Valette of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, who succeeded in defending the island from an Ottoman invasion in 1565, known as the Siege of Malta. The city was founded immediately after the end of the Siege of Malta to fortify the Order's position in Malta and bind the Knights to the island.
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  • VALLETTA, MALTA - 3 November 2013: Graves at the Msida Garden of Rest in Valletta, Malta, on November 3rd 2013. The Garden was the main protestant cemetery or burial place in Malta from about 1806. The Garden of Rest lies in the Msida Bastion, which is so called because it overlooks Msida across the Harbour.<br />
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Valleta was named after Jean Parisot de Valette of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, who succeeded in defending the island from an Ottoman invasion in 1565, known as the Siege of Malta. The city was founded immediately after the end of the Siege of Malta to fortify the Order's position in Malta and bind the Knights to the island.
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  • VALLETTA, MALTA - 3 November 2013: A woman walks her dog up Liesse street towards Victoria Gate in Valletta, Malta, on November 3rd 2013.<br />
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Valleta was named after Jean Parisot de Valette of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, who succeeded in defending the island from an Ottoman invasion in 1565, known as the Siege of Malta. The city was founded immediately after the end of the Siege of Malta to fortify the Order's position in Malta and bind the Knights to the island.
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  • VALLETTA, MALTA - 3 November 2013: An elderly man fishes in the Gran Harbour from the quarry wharf in Valletta, Malta, on November 3rd 2013.<br />
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Valleta was named after Jean Parisot de Valette of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, who succeeded in defending the island from an Ottoman invasion in 1565, known as the Siege of Malta. The city was founded immediately after the end of the Siege of Malta to fortify the Order's position in Malta and bind the Knights to the island.
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  • VALLETTA, MALTA - 3 November 2013: The northeastern coast of the peninsula of Valletta, as seen from the Mediterranean Sea, in Valletta, Malta, on November 3rd 2013.<br />
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Valleta was named after Jean Parisot de Valette of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, who succeeded in defending the island from an Ottoman invasion in 1565, known as the Siege of Malta. The city was founded immediately after the end of the Siege of Malta to fortify the Order's position in Malta and bind the Knights to the island.
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  • VALLETTA, MALTA - 3 November 2013: Maltese father and son sail out of the Grand Harbour to go fish, in Valletta, Malta, on November 3rd 2013.<br />
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Valleta was named after Jean Parisot de Valette of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, who succeeded in defending the island from an Ottoman invasion in 1565, known as the Siege of Malta. The city was founded immediately after the end of the Siege of Malta to fortify the Order's position in Malta and bind the Knights to the island.
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  • VALLETTA, MALTA - 2 November 2013: A couple walks in St John's street in Valletta, Malta, on November 2nd 2013.<br />
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Valleta was named after Jean Parisot de Valette of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, who succeeded in defending the island from an Ottoman invasion in 1565, known as the Siege of Malta. The city was founded immediately after the end of the Siege of Malta to fortify the Order's position in Malta and bind the Knights to the island.
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  • VALLETTA, MALTA - 2 November 2013: A statue at a street corner in Valletta, Malta, on November 2nd 2013.<br />
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Valleta was named after Jean Parisot de Valette of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, who succeeded in defending the island from an Ottoman invasion in 1565, known as the Siege of Malta. The city was founded immediately after the end of the Siege of Malta to fortify the Order's position in Malta and bind the Knights to the island.
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  • VALLETTA, MALTA - 2 November 2013: A waiter exits the kitchen of Palazzo Preca restaurant with grilled swordfish and pan fried Lampuki in Valletta, Malta, on November 2nd 2013.<br />
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Valleta was named after Jean Parisot de Valette of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, who succeeded in defending the island from an Ottoman invasion in 1565, known as the Siege of Malta. The city was founded immediately after the end of the Siege of Malta to fortify the Order's position in Malta and bind the Knights to the island.
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  • VALLETTA, MALTA - 2 November 2013: A waiter handles fresh prawns in wine and garlic from the kitchen before serving a customer of Palazzo Preca restaurant in Valletta, Malta, on November 2nd 2013.<br />
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Valleta was named after Jean Parisot de Valette of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, who succeeded in defending the island from an Ottoman invasion in 1565, known as the Siege of Malta. The city was founded immediately after the end of the Siege of Malta to fortify the Order's position in Malta and bind the Knights to the island.
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  • VALLETTA, MALTA - 2 November 2013: A wine steward prepares glasses of sparking red win for clients of Palazzo Preca restaurant in Valletta, Malta, on November 2nd 2013.<br />
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Valleta was named after Jean Parisot de Valette of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, who succeeded in defending the island from an Ottoman invasion in 1565, known as the Siege of Malta. The city was founded immediately after the end of the Siege of Malta to fortify the Order's position in Malta and bind the Knights to the island.
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  • VALLETTA, MALTA - 2 November 2013: Pan fried Lampuki with a maltese caper sauce, served at Palazzo Preca restaurant in Valletta, Malta, on November 2nd 2013.<br />
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Valleta was named after Jean Parisot de Valette of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, who succeeded in defending the island from an Ottoman invasion in 1565, known as the Siege of Malta. The city was founded immediately after the end of the Siege of Malta to fortify the Order's position in Malta and bind the Knights to the island.
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  • VALLETTA, MALTA - 2 November 2013: A woman walks down the stairs of Vassalli Street in Valletta, Malta, on November 2nd 2013.<br />
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Valleta was named after Jean Parisot de Valette of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, who succeeded in defending the island from an Ottoman invasion in 1565, known as the Siege of Malta. The city was founded immediately after the end of the Siege of Malta to fortify the Order's position in Malta and bind the Knights to the island.
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  • VALLETTA, MALTA - 2 November 2013: A man walk by a dock on the Grand Harbour in Valletta, Malta, on November 2nd 2013.<br />
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Valleta was named after Jean Parisot de Valette of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, who succeeded in defending the island from an Ottoman invasion in 1565, known as the Siege of Malta. The city was founded immediately after the end of the Siege of Malta to fortify the Order's position in Malta and bind the Knights to the island.
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