Città Umilissima

Valletta, Malta 10-02-2012 




One more vies on Malta this time it's capitol city Valletta, lapped by the sea on three sides.
The city is named for Jean Parisot de la Valette, who succeeded in defending the island from an Ottoman invasion in 1565. The official name given by the Order of Saint John was Humilissima Civitas Valletta — The Most Humble City of Valletta, or Città Umilissima in Italian. The bastions, curtains and ravelins along with the beauty of its Baroque palaces, gardens and churches, led the ruling houses of Europe to give the city its nickname Superbissima — 'Most Proud'.

It's private swap with Brian.


Here is back side, with very nice stamp with bike on it.

Republic of Malta
Capital: Valleta 
Population: 452,515

Mdina, Città Vecchia

  

Mdina, Malta, 09-01.2012

My first received postcard from Malta, and it's from old capitol of Malta,  Mdina, Città Vecchia. Mdina is a medieval walled town situated on a hill in the centre of the island.Punic remains uncovered beyond the city’s walls suggest the importance of the general region to Malta’s Phoenician settlers. Mdina is commonly called the "Silent City" by natives and visitors. The town is still confined within its walls, and has a population of less than three hundred, but it is contiguous with the village of Rabat, which takes its name from the Arabic word for suburb, and has a population of over 11,000. Mdina on wiki hERE

 It is private swap with Brian, thx a lot, 

a background of postcard .

this is just enlarge part of background near map