Valletta

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UNESCO World Heritage Site capital city fortified city port city

Valletta is a historic fortified port city on the island of Malta, renowned for its Baroque architecture and status as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
City of Valletta 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
capital city ⓘ
fortified city ⓘ
port city ⓘ
architecturalStyle Baroque ⓘ
surface form: Baroque architecture

Mannerist architecture ⓘ
area 0.61 square kilometres ⓘ
builtBy Knights Hospitaller ⓘ
Venerable Order of St John ⓘ
surface form: Order of St. John
capitalOf Malta ⓘ
constructionBegan 1566 ⓘ
continent Europe ⓘ
country Malta ⓘ
demonyms Vallettan ⓘ
foundedBy Jean Parisot de Valette ⓘ
foundingDate 1566 ⓘ
hasHarbour Grand Harbour ⓘ
Marsamxett Harbour ⓘ
hasLandmark Auberge de Castille ⓘ
Fort St. Elmo ⓘ
Grandmaster’s Palace ⓘ
Manoel Theatre ⓘ
National Museum of Archaeology (Malta) ⓘ
National War Museum (Malta) ⓘ
St. John’s Co-Cathedral ⓘ
Upper Barrakka Gardens ⓘ
historicalEra 16th century ⓘ
isOn Grand Harbour ⓘ
isSeatOf Government of Malta ⓘ
Office of the President of Malta ⓘ
Parliament of Malta ⓘ
Prime Minister of Malta ⓘ
locatedIn European Union ⓘ
Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
Southern Europe ⓘ
Malta ⓘ
surface form: island of Malta
namedAfter Jean Parisot de Valette ⓘ
officialLanguage English ⓘ
Maltese ⓘ
patronSaint Augustine of Hippo ⓘ
surface form: Saint Augustine

Saint Dominic ⓘ
Saint Paul ⓘ
population about 6000 ⓘ
populationAsOf early 21st century ⓘ
timeZone Central European Time ⓘ
timeZoneDST Central European Summer Time ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageCriteria criterion (i) ⓘ
criterion (vi) ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageId 131 ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageInscriptionYear 1980 ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageRegion Europe and North America ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Malta → UNESCOWorldHeritageSite → Valletta ⓘ
this entity surface form: City of Valletta
Malta → capital → Valletta ⓘ