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Auberge d'Allemagne, Birgu
The Auberge d'Allemagne (Auberge d'Allemagne) was an auberge in Birgu, Malta.
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Auberge d'Angleterre
Auberge d'Angleterre (Berġa tal-Ingilterra) is an auberge in Birgu, Malta.
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Auberge de France, Birgu
Auberge de France (Berġa ta' Franza) is an auberge in Birgu, Malta.
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Żabbar
Żabbar (Ħaż-Żabbar), also known as Città Hompesch, is a city in the South Eastern Region of Malta.
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Birgu Clock Tower
The Birgu Clock Tower (It-Torri tal-Arloġġ tal-Birgu), also called the Vittoriosa Clock Tower and originally the Civic Clock Tower, was a clock tower in Birgu, Malta.
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Casino
A casino is a facility which houses and accommodates certain types of gambling activities.
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Central European Summer Time
Central European Summer Time (CEST), sometime referred also as Central European Daylight Time (CEDT), is the standard clock time observed during the period of summer daylight-saving in those European countries which observe Central European Time (UTC+1) during the other part of the year.
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Central European Time
Central European Time (CET), used in most parts of Europe and a few North African countries, is a standard time which is 1 hour ahead of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC).
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Collegiate Church of Saint Lawrence, Vittoriosa
The Collegiate church of Saint Lawrence (Knisja kolleġġjata ta' San Lawrenz) is an old Church situated in Birgu in Malta.
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Cospicua
Cospicua (Bormla), also known by its titles Città Cospicua or Civitas Cottonera, is a double-fortified harbour city in the South Eastern Region of Malta.
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Districts of Malta
Malta is subdivided in districts of localities in order to administer the country in regions rather than locality.
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Dominican Order
The Order of Preachers (Ordo Praedicatorum, postnominal abbreviation OP), also known as the Dominican Order, is a mendicant Catholic religious order founded by the Spanish priest Dominic of Caleruega in France, approved by Pope Honorius III via the Papal bull Religiosam vitam on 22 December 1216.
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Dorothy Dunnett
Dorothy Dunnett (née Halliday, 25 August 1923 – 9 November 2001) was a Scottish historical novelist.
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Financial Times
The Financial Times (FT) is a Japanese-owned (since 2015), English-language international daily newspaper headquartered in London, with a special emphasis on business and economic news.
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Fort St. Angelo
Fort St.
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Fortifications of Birgu
The fortifications of Birgu (Is-Swar tal-Birgu) are a series of defensive walls and other fortifications which surround the city of Birgu, Malta.
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French occupation of Malta
The French occupation of Malta lasted from 1798 to 1800.
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Girolamo Cassar
Girolamo Cassar (Ġlormu Cassar, 1520 – 1592) was a Maltese architect and military engineer.
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Giuseppe Bonavia
Giuseppe Bonavia (1821 – 2 September 1885) was a Maltese draftsman and architect who was mainly active in the second half of the 19th century.
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Government of Malta
The Government of Malta (Gvern ta' Malta) is the executive branch of Malta.
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Grammatical gender
In linguistics, grammatical gender is a specific form of noun class system in which the division of noun classes forms an agreement system with another aspect of the language, such as adjectives, articles, pronouns, or verbs.
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Grand Harbour
The Grand Harbour (il-Port il-Kbir), also known as the Port of Valletta, is a natural harbour on the island of Malta.
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Great Siege of Malta
The Great Siege of Malta (L-Assedju l-Kbir) took place in 1565 when the Ottoman Empire tried to invade the island of Malta, then held by the Knights Hospitaller.
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Jean Parisot de Valette
Fra' Jean Parisot de La Valette (4 February 1495 – 21 August 1568) was a French nobleman and 49th Grand Master of the Order of Malta, from 21 August 1557 to his death in 1568.
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Kalkara
Kalkara (Il-Kalkara) is a village in the South Eastern Region of Malta, with a population of 3,014 as of March 2014.
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Knights Hospitaller
The Order of Knights of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem (Ordo Fratrum Hospitalis Sancti Ioannis Hierosolymitani), also known as the Order of Saint John, Order of Hospitallers, Knights Hospitaller, Knights Hospitalier or Hospitallers, was a medieval Catholic military order.
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Labour Party (Malta)
The Labour Party (Partit Laburista, PL), formerly known as the Malta Labour Party (MLP), is a social-democratic political party in Malta.
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Langue (Knights Hospitaller)
A langue or tongue (lingua) was an administrative division of the Knights Hospitaller (also known as the Order of St. John of Jerusalem) between 1319 and 1798.
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List of country calling codes
Country calling codes or country dial in codes are telephone dialing prefixes for the member countries or regions of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU).
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List of mayors of places in Malta
List of mayors in every locality of Malta from 1993, when the election of local councils introduced.
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List of sovereign states
This list of sovereign states provides an overview of sovereign states around the world, with information on their status and recognition of their sovereignty.
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Local councils of Malta
Since June 30, 1993, Malta has been subdivided into 68 localities, governed by local councils, kunsilli lokali, meaning municipalities or borough.
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Lorenzo Gafà
Lorenzo Gafà (1639–1703) was a Maltese Baroque architect and sculptor.
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Lymond Chronicles
The Lymond Chronicles is a series of six novels written by Dorothy Dunnett and first published between 1961 and 1975.
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Malta
Malta, officially known as the Republic of Malta (Repubblika ta' Malta), is a Southern European island country consisting of an archipelago in the Mediterranean Sea.
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Malta Dockyard
Malta Dockyard was an important naval base in the Grand Harbour in Malta in the Mediterranean Sea.
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Malta Maritime Museum
The Malta Maritime Museum (Mużew Marittimu ta' Malta) is a maritime museum in Birgu, Malta.
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Malta Protectorate
Malta Protectorate (Protettorato di Malta, Protettorat ta' Malta) was the political term for Malta when it was officially part of the Kingdom of Sicily but under British protection.
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Mdina
Mdina (L-Imdina; 𐤌𐤋𐤉𐤈𐤄, Melitta, Μελίττη Melíttē, مدينة Madinah), also known by its titles Città Vecchia or Città Notabile, is a fortified city in the Northern Region of Malta, which served as the island's capital from antiquity to the medieval period.
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Mediterranean Fleet
The British Mediterranean Fleet also known as the Mediterranean Station was part of the Royal Navy.
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Monastery of St. Scholastica
The Monastery of St.
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Napoleon
Napoléon Bonaparte (15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821) was a French statesman and military leader who rose to prominence during the French Revolution and led several successful campaigns during the French Revolutionary Wars.
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Nationalist Party (Malta)
The Nationalist Party (Partit Nazzjonalista, PN) is a Christian democratic and conservative political party in Malta.
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Ottoman Empire
The Ottoman Empire (دولت عليه عثمانیه,, literally The Exalted Ottoman State; Modern Turkish: Osmanlı İmparatorluğu or Osmanlı Devleti), also historically known in Western Europe as the Turkish Empire"The Ottoman Empire-also known in Europe as the Turkish Empire" or simply Turkey, was a state that controlled much of Southeast Europe, Western Asia and North Africa between the 14th and early 20th centuries.
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Paul Boffa
Sir Paul Boffa, OBE (30 June 1890 – 6 July 1962) was a Maltese prime minister (1947–50) who took office after self-rule was reinstated by the British colonial authority following the end of World War II.
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Plural
The plural (sometimes abbreviated), in many languages, is one of the values of the grammatical category of number.
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Postal codes in Malta
Post codes in Malta are seven-character strings that form part of a postal address in Malta.
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Prime Minister of Malta
The Prime Minister of Malta (Prim Ministru ta' Malta) is the Head of Government, which is the highest official of Malta.
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Regions of Malta
Malta is subdivided into 5 regions (reġjuni).
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Saint Dominic
Saint Dominic (Santo Domingo), also known as Dominic of Osma and Dominic of Caleruega, often called Dominic de Guzmán and Domingo Félix de Guzmán (8 August 1170 – 6 August 1221), was a Castilian priest and founder of the Dominican Order.
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Saint Lawrence
Saint Lawrence or Laurence (Laurentius, lit. "laurelled"; 31 December AD 225Citing St. Donato as the original source. Janice Bennett. St. Laurence and the Holy Grail: The Story of the Holy Chalice of Valencia. Littleton, Colorado: Libri de Hispania, 2002. Page 61. – 10 August 258) was one of the seven deacons of the city of Rome, Italy, under Pope Sixtus II who were martyred in the persecution of the Christians that the Roman Emperor Valerian ordered in 258.
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Saint-Tropez
Saint-Tropez (Sant-Troupès in Provençal dialect) is a town on the French Riviera, west of Nice in the Var department of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region of southeastern France.
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Siege of Malta (1798–1800)
The Siege of Malta, also known as the Siege of Valletta or the French Blockade (L-Imblokk tal-Franċiżi), was a two-year siege and blockade of the French garrison in Valletta and the Three Cities, the largest settlements and main port on the Mediterranean island of Malta, between 1798 and 1800.
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Sister city
Twin towns or sister cities are a form of legal or social agreement between towns, cities, counties, oblasts, prefectures, provinces, regions, states, and even countries in geographically and politically distinct areas to promote cultural and commercial ties.
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South Eastern Region
The South Eastern Region (Reġjun Xlokk) is one of five regions of Malta.
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Sovereign Military Order of Malta
The Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem, of Rhodes and of Malta (Supremus Ordo Militaris Hospitalis Sancti Ioannis Hierosolymitani Rhodius et Melitensis), also known as the Sovereign Military Order of Malta (SMOM) or the Order of Malta, is a Catholic lay religious order traditionally of military, chivalrous and noble nature.
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St. Paul's Cathedral, Mdina
The Metropolitan Cathedral of Saint Paul (Il-Katidral Metropolitan ta' San Pawl), commonly known as St.
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The Malta Independent
The Malta Independent is a national newspaper published daily in Malta.
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The New York Times
The New York Times (sometimes abbreviated as The NYT or The Times) is an American newspaper based in New York City with worldwide influence and readership.
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Times of Malta
The Times of Malta is an English-language daily newspaper in Malta.
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Valletta
Valletta is the capital city of Malta, colloquially known as "Il-Belt" (lit. "The City") in Maltese.
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Vittorio Cassar
Vittorio Cassar (Vitor Cassar, 1550 – 1609), born Gio Vittorio Cassar, was a Maltese architect and military engineer.
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World War II
World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although conflicts reflecting the ideological clash between what would become the Allied and Axis blocs began earlier.
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1806 Birgu polverista explosion
The Birgu polverista explosion was the accidental detonation of ammunition in the gunpowder magazine (polverista) of Birgu in the British protectorate of Malta, on 18 July 1806.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birgu