MALTA - Fort St. Angelo, Birgu

Fort St Angelo, Birgu, Vittoriosa.  When the Knights of Malta arrived in Malta in 1530, they chose to settle in Birgu and Fort St Angelo become the seat of the Grand Master.  Fort St Angelo withstood the Turks during the Great siege of Malta in 1565.  With the coming of the British to Malta the fort become a base for the Royal Navy in the Mediterranean and listed as a ship, first as HMS Egmont and in 1933 renames as HMS St Angelo.

Thanks to Sava for the card.

MALTA - St. Paul's Bay Coastline

Malta card sent from Romania.  Thank you Vlad!

"Saint Paul's Bay (Maltese: San Pawl il-Baħar, Italian: Baia di San Paolo) is a town in Malta, situated in the northwest of the island of Malta, sixteen kilometres (9.9 miles) from the capital city Valletta."

MALTA - Mnajdra Temples

A direct swap with Chaanah of Malta showing the Mnajdra Temples. In her card she wrote that these temples are of the oldest temples build worldwide. also, part of the temples were used to mark the position of sunrise on the solstices and Equinoxes, much like in Stonehenge in UK.

Thank you Chaanah for the great card!

"Mnajdra is a megalithic temple complex found on the southern coast of the Mediterranean island of Malta. Mnajdra is approximately 500 metres from the Ħaġar Qim megalithic complex. Mnajdra was built around the fourth millennium BCE; the Megalithic Temples of Malta are among the most ancient religious sites on Earth,[1] described by the World Heritage Sites committee as "unique architectural masterpieces."[2] In 1992 UNESCO recognized the Mnajdra complex and four other Maltese megalithic structures as UNESCO World Heritage Sites."

MALTA - Craftsman

Thank you Romain for the card from your vacation.

"Malta, officially the Republic of Malta, is a Southern European island country comprising an archipelago of seven islands in the Mediterranean Sea. It lies 80 km (50 mi) south of Sicily, 284 km (176 mi) east of Tunisia, and 333 km (207 mi) north of Libya. The country covers just over 316 km2 (122 sq mi), making it one of the world's smallest and most densely populated countries. The capital of Malta is Valletta, which is also, at 0.8 km2, the smallest capital in the European Union. Malta has two official languages: Maltese and English."