Valletta, Malta, Trending Places to See in 2024

Valletta, Malta, Trending Places to See in 2024
Valletta is the teeny-tiny capital of Malta, a Mediterranean island republic. The Knights of St. John, a Roman Catholic order, founded the walled city on a peninsula in the 1500s. Museums, palaces, and stately churches are among the city's attractions. St. John's Co-Cathedral is a Baroque monument that houses the Caravaggio masterpiece "The Beheading of Saint John" in its magnificent interior.

Malta's capital is intrinsically related to the military and philanthropic Order of St John of Jerusalem's history. It was ruled successively by the Phoenicians, Greeks, Carthaginians, Romans, Byzantines, Arabs and the Order of the Knights of St John. Valletta has 320 monuments on a 55-hectare site, making it one of the world's most densely packed historic sites.