I added three more photographs in the Malta gallery. These were taken at Fort St. Angelo a well known location throughout the Island. Here’s what the site Visit Malta has to say about it:
Fort St Angelo is the jewel in the crown of Malta’s military heritage. According to tradition, it stands on the site of a fortified Roman settlement. Certainly, the nearby harbour creeks were in use since Phoenician times. In medieval times, the Castrum Maris as it was known, was occupied by the Aragonese and the Angevins. In 1530, when the Knights arrived on the Islands, the Fort became the seat of the Grand Master of the Order. It was to play a heroic role in the Great Siege of 1565, when, against all odds, it managed to repel a formidable Saracen armada. The epic resistance of the Knights during the three-month siege, gave the Fort its legendary status. In the 19th century, the British took over the Fort and in 1912 it was officially listed as a ship, first as HMS Egmont and then in 1933 it was renamed HMS St Angelo. More recently, the Government granted the Order of the Knights of St John the upper part of the fort, comprising the magisterial palace and St Anne’s Chapel.
The area is now closed to the public for renovations, I guess I was lucky to be there while it was still open.
