La Valletta, a history paradise in Malta

Did you know that Malta is the country that takes a major historic monuments concentration as kilometers square of the world?. Since yes, Malta is an authentic museum outdoors of marvels. If you have never visited it, this is your opportunity.

The capital of Malta is La Valletta, and the first place to which we go is to the Palace of the Big Master, one of the most impressive fortitude of Europe decorated with the portraits of some big monarches and masters of the orders of knighthood.

Of this fortitude, nothing better than to happen up to the Hipogeo, one of the big architectural marvels of the world. It is a question of an underground funeral camerawoman, and who goes back to five thousand or six thousand years behind. It was discovered under the soil of La Valletta in 1902, when the owner of a house in the city was constructing a store.

This Hipogeo covers a five thousand square meters area, and a depth of more than ten meters. The temples that here existed go back very much before the pyramids of Egypt.

In addition to these two visits, we can approach up to the Center of Conferences of the Mediterranean, to know a little more on the life of Malta and his link with this sea. The center is in what in his moment it was a Sacred Infermia, the ancient Hospital of the Gentlemen of the Order of Saint John. Nowadays the center offers us the opportunity to cover five thousand years of history of Malta.

In the famous street of the Repúlica we can visit the National museum of Archaeology, which is located in the building of Auberge de Provence. It is another good place to inform us about the history of Malta. There you will find many remains, pieces and relics that have been discovered from immemorial times. Between the most valued they are the statue of the asleep Virgin, and the Venus of Malta.

There are many other tourist places in Malta. We were already saying to you that it is a question of a destination in which to never get bored, with the big quantity of architectural treasures that it has. It is a good moment to approach even there and to discover them: do not you believe?.

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