Talk:Valletta

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Old talk

mandraġġ? Srl 01:37, 3 December 2005 (UTC)

What do you mean? reference to the mandragg is under geography Maltesedog 12:48, 3 December 2005 (UTC).

Saints -- St. Dominic is also a patron saint of valleta Maltesedog 12:48, 3 December 2005 (UTC)

Can someone help me with the reposition of images?

• Resolved thanks Vodkajazz.

Maltesedog 19:31, 30 March 2006 (UTC)

Can someone indicate what is geographic in the following information:

"The city contains several buildings of historic importance, amongst which are St John's Co-Cathedral, formerly the Knights' Conventual Church (alongside Republic Street); Castille Place, the Prime Minister's offices (found on the bastions); the former Grand Master's Palace, now housing the Maltese Parliament and the President's offices (opposite Palace Square along Republic Street); the National Museum of Fine Arts (in South Street); the National Museum of Archeology (Republic Street); and the fortifications themselves, built by the Knights to protect the city from attack. It is designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site."

Wouldn't it be better to move to history? Maltesedog 15:34, 10 April 2006 (UTC)

Geography often refers to physical objects and their location, so I can see how that fits with the heading. The paragraph in its current form is simply listing some buildings and their location. Admittedly, it's a poor paragraph, so if you want to rewrite it and integrate it with the History section go ahead. --NormanEinstein 18:41, 10 April 2006 (UTC)

Conflict?

The article Valetta, Malta Tornado claims a date in the 1550s for the tornado. Is this correct? If so, should we include it in the article? --ScienceApologist 18:33, 8 June 2006 (UTC)

1) Valletta is spelled wrongly 2) will check and revert, could be a false article Maltesedog 09:01, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

fortifications

There is no mention of the fortifications and their history. Very important in the history of warfare. Maybe I can work on this unless someone has more specialized knowledge.Brosi 18:42, 28 December 2006 (UTC)

• Yes, that would be nice. A short section would be enough, then other users can expand on that. Marcus1234 19:28, 28 December 2006 (UTC)

Buildings in Valletta

We should start short articles on all the palaces, churches, gardens etc in Valletta. I'm surprised there aren't any articles on the GrandMaster's Palace, Castille, and the Anglican Cathedral, for example. Marcus1234 19:33, 28 December 2006 (UTC)

2nd infobox removed from article

City of Valletta

UNESCO World Heritage Site
Criteria	Cultural: i, vi
Reference	131
Inscription	1980 (4th Session)

I removed this from the article as it looked terrible under the city info box. Typically articles have one info box to summarize the article. Alan.ca 23:16, 24 February 2007 (UTC) _{Subscript text}

Updating in reviewable "chunks"

An editor has suggested that (other) editors consider updating in "reviewable chunks." I have trouble myself reviewing massive sequential updates and I wouldn't mind hearing suggestions to what a "reviewable chunk" is. If we come up with something, why not write it as a comment in the article in several places? Thanks. Student7 (talk) 19:27, 5 September 2009 (UTC)

The word "Cityscape"

We are trying to give the same sort of "feel" to this article that we do all the others, and therefore the subtitle of the section should probably be changed to something common. The section contains a listing of old buildings and such that are common to many European cities, particularly in the Mediterranean area. My suggestion was to look at some of these articles and try to arrive at a common subtitle that readers could identify with. "Cityscape" is seldom used in spoken English. While that shouldn't stop us from using it here, it is sort of a warning that the word might not be best used in a subsection title. Also, there is nothing that stops us from reorganizing the section as needed to properly classify it.

Commonly used titles include "Landmarks" and "Culture", the latter a bit vague for buildings. Because it seems to be open to WP:NOTTRAVEL, I do not care for the subtitle "Tourist attractions." Student7 (talk) 15:33, 30 December 2009 (UTC)

Actually the term "Landmarks" is the one used in the closest suggested standard outline].

Cityscape works best; I don't see any connection between your bit about "particularly Mediterranean" old buildings (what?) etc. "Landmarks" is simply untrue, because many of the things listed are not in themselves landmarks. Ελληνικά όρος ή φράση (talk) 15:59, 30 December 2009 (UTC)

FYI, re.distinction between spoken/written English..... we're not actually talking to one another :P Ελληνικά όρος ή φράση (talk) 16:00, 30 December 2009 (UTC)

Some of the material could be restructured into another subsection. Cityscape is not a word that is often used...for good reason.Student7 (talk) 15:22, 1 January 2010 (UTC)

Says you? Sorry, nowhere near good enough. Keep this on point, and please raise substantial changes here before attempting anything. Ελληνικά όρος ή φράση (talk) 15:50, 1 January 2010 (UTC)

De facto?

I note that the lede claims that Valletta is "the de facto capital city of Malta" (my emphasis) rather than simply the capital, yet there is no explanation elsewhere in the text about its legal standing. Surely if this term is used there should be some explanation in the articled of why it is only the de facto capital rather than the de jure one? Grutness...wha? 21:58, 16 December 2010 (UTC)

I think that's odd too. It seems all or at least most gov't offices and all the key ones (parliment, PM's office, president's office etc) are located there.

Lenbrazil (talk) 15:16, 26 February 2011 (UTC)

The de facto reference is there because quite a few national constitutions legally establish their national capital. The Maltese Constitution does not make any such provision.

Demdem (talk) 07:41, 9 August 2011 (UTC)

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Picture of the day

A panoramic view of Valletta, the capital of Malta, as seen from Senglea across the Grand Harbour. The city is named after Jean Parisot de la Valette, Grandmaster of the Knights Hospitaller who successfully defended the island from an Ottoman invasion in 1565. The City of Valletta was officially recognised as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1980.Photo: Myriam Thyes

Umilissima or Superbissima?

As far as I know, Valletta's title given to it by the Knights as from its founding was "Civitas Humilissima". This is mentioned in the article although it also mentions "Superbissima". Apart from being unsourced this is odd for two reasons: "superbissima" is the very contrary of "humilissima" and, if I remember my latin, it does not quite mean "proud" but "haughty". Can anyone clarify?

Demdem (talk) 07:44, 9 August 2011 (UTC)

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# Cite sources for facts. WP:FOOT, WP:CITET

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cyprus=NOeurop??

Valletta is the southernmost capital of Europe and the second southernmost capital of the European Union after Nicosia.213.49.104.55 (talk) 09:35, 11 December 2016 (UTC)

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WRONG DATA

Climatic data is TOTALLY WRONG. Those data are from the Luqa Airport, Valletta climate is more maritime and its extremes temperatures have a much smaller range.

Climate

The climatic recording station in Malta is situated at Luqa Airport, there are NO weather averages for Valletta, that's why the climate box was changed to Luqa & updated with the latest averages (1981-2010). Someone keeps vandalising the climate section & changing it back to old data, which isn't even from Valletta. Please do not keep changing this otherwise you will be reported for vandalism.

Rococo palace?

How can "The National Museum of Fine Arts is a Rococo palace dating back to the late 1570s" have been possible 150 years before the development of the Rococo style? It seems something needs to be done with that sentence. Largoplazo (talk) 22:26, 6 January 2023 (UTC)

Well, never mind that. It wasn't Rococo, it was Baroque. And the museum is no longer located there anyway, and it's no longer called the National Museum of Fine Arts. See MUŻA and Admiralty House. Largoplazo (talk) 22:43, 6 January 2023 (UTC)