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Main Guard (Valletta)

Index Main Guard (Valletta)

The Main Guard, originally called the Guardia della Piazza, is a building in Valletta, Malta, located in the square facing the Grandmaster's Palace in the city centre. [1]

24 relations: Din l-Art Ħelwa, French occupation of Malta, George III of the United Kingdom, George Whitmore (British Army officer), Giorgio Pullicino, Grandmaster's Palace (Valletta), Guardhouse, Knights Hospitaller, Limestone, List of Governors of Malta, List of Princes and Grand Masters of the Knights Hospitaller, Malta, Malta Today, Neoclassical architecture, Portico, Queen Victoria, Royal coat of arms of the United Kingdom, Royal Engineers, The Malta Independent, Thomas Maitland (British Army officer), Times of Malta, Trophy of arms, Valletta, Vincenzo Dimech.

Din l-Art Ħelwa

Din l-Art Ħelwa (National Trust of Malta) is a non-governmental and non-profit, voluntary organisation founded in 1968, by Maltese Judge Maurice Caruana Carron, to safeguard Malta's cultural heritage and natural environment.

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French occupation of Malta

The French occupation of Malta lasted from 1798 to 1800.

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George III of the United Kingdom

George III (George William Frederick; 4 June 1738 – 29 January 1820) was King of Great Britain and Ireland from 25 October 1760 until the union of the two countries on 1 January 1801, after which he was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland until his death in 1820.

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George Whitmore (British Army officer)

Sir George Whitmore, K.C.H. (12 May 1775, Lower Slaughter – 19 November 1862, Amiens) was a British Army officer.

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Giorgio Pullicino

Giorgio Pullicino (8 July 1779 – 25 October 1851) was a Maltese painter, architect, and professor of drawing and architecture at the University of Malta.

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Grandmaster's Palace (Valletta)

The Grandmaster's Palace (Il-Palazz tal-Granmastru), officially known as The Palace (Il-Palazz), is a palace in Valletta, Malta.

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Guardhouse

A guardhouse (also known as a watch house, guard building, guard booth, guard shack, security booth, security building, or sentry building) is a building used to house personnel and security equipment.

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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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Limestone

Limestone is a sedimentary rock, composed mainly of skeletal fragments of marine organisms such as coral, forams and molluscs.

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List of Governors of Malta

The Governor of Malta (Gvernatur ta' Malta) was an official who ruled Malta during the British colonial period between 1813 and 1964.

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List of Princes and Grand Masters of the Knights Hospitaller

This is a list of Princes and Grand Masters of the Knights Hospitaller including the claimed predecessor Sovereign Military Order of Malta, starting with the founder Gerard Thom (established in 1099 and given papal recognition in 1113 by Paschal II).

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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 Today

MaltaToday is a twice-weekly English language newspaper published in Malta.

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Neoclassical architecture

Neoclassical architecture is an architectural style produced by the neoclassical movement that began in the mid-18th century.

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Portico

A portico is a porch leading to the entrance of a building, or extended as a colonnade, with a roof structure over a walkway, supported by columns or enclosed by walls.

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Queen Victoria

Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria; 24 May 1819 – 22 January 1901) was Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June 1837 until her death.

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Royal coat of arms of the United Kingdom

The royal coat of arms of the United Kingdom, or the Royal Arms for short, is the official coat of arms of the British monarch, currently Queen Elizabeth II.

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Royal Engineers

The Corps of Royal Engineers, usually just called the Royal Engineers (RE), and commonly known as the Sappers, is one of the corps of the British Army.

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The Malta Independent

The Malta Independent is a national newspaper published daily in Malta.

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Thomas Maitland (British Army officer)

Lieutenant General The Right Honourable Sir Thomas Maitland (10 March 1760 – 17 January 1824) was a British soldier and colonial governor.

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Times of Malta

The Times of Malta is an English-language daily newspaper in Malta.

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Trophy of arms

A trophy or trophy of arms in art and architecture is a real or depicted artistically assembled display of weaponry and other militaria, often captured from a defeated enemy, as an ornament designed for the purpose of triumphalist display by a victor or as a show of military prowess by a monarch.

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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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Vincenzo Dimech

Vincenzo Dimech (29 June 1768 – 2 February 1831) was a Maltese sculptor.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Guard_(Valletta)

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