1440http://www.maltain360.comLatest 25 panoramas, published by maltain360.com every 24 hours.en-gbAlight Technologieshttp://www.maltain360.com/default.aspx?reference=120000119http://www.maltain360.com/default.aspx?reference=120000119Luqa Briffa Garden known in Żejtun as Ġnien tal-Kmand is situated in the vicinity of the old parish church of Saint Gregory which is dedicated to Saint Catherine, the patron saint of Żejtun. Kmand which is short for Kmandant means Lieutenant. In...http://www.maltain360.com/default.aspx?reference=120002373http://www.maltain360.com/default.aspx?reference=120002373This charming small chapel dedicated to the Virgin of the Carmel is situated in an area called tal-Fawwara, limits of Siggiewi, on the way towards Rabat. The name Fawwara originated from a water source of fresh water located in the area.1 Some...http://www.maltain360.com/default.aspx?reference=120000222http://www.maltain360.com/default.aspx?reference=120000222As the place-name suggests, Ras ir-Raħeb, known to Gian Francesco Abela as 'Gebel el Raheb', is a promontory. It juts out conspicuously into the sea on the west coast of Malta and must have been a very important landmark for seafarers. On...http://www.maltain360.com/default.aspx?reference=110022846http://www.maltain360.com/default.aspx?reference=110022846The Site of Is-Simblija is a medieval hamlet of rural dwellings on the edge of a cliff, above a fertile valley called Wied Hażrun. It is a cluster of complexes consisting of caves. More recent structures were built between 1718 and 1720. The...http://www.maltain360.com/default.aspx?reference=100008135http://www.maltain360.com/default.aspx?reference=100008135Lascaris war rooms were the Operational Headquarters which were built in order to provide a secure place from where war operations could be conducted. The war rooms are located deep in the rock under St Peter and St Paul Bastion which forms part of...http://www.maltain360.com/default.aspx?reference=120002227http://www.maltain360.com/default.aspx?reference=120002227Juventutis Domus Sacra Familia is a society whose residence is a palace found in Saint Gregory Street, one of the main streets in Zejtun not far from the Parish Church. In fact many were the noble families who throughout the years built a stately...http://www.maltain360.com/default.aspx?reference=120002124http://www.maltain360.com/default.aspx?reference=120002124The Oratory of the Blessed Sagrament is annexed to the Parish Church of Zejtun and it is a place where members of the Fraternity of the Blessed Sacrament meet to pray together and to spread devotion to the Holy Eucharist. The Fraternity was...http://www.maltain360.com/default.aspx?reference=110023232http://www.maltain360.com/default.aspx?reference=110023232The Oratory is located in a corner, annexed to St Catherine’s Parish Church and overlooking Misraħ ir-Repubblika. It started being built in 1743 by the oldest confraternity in St Catherine’s Parish: The Confraternity of the Blessed Sacrament. The...http://www.maltain360.com/default.aspx?reference=110004949http://www.maltain360.com/default.aspx?reference=110004949The remains of this extensive, rich Roman town house and its mosaic pavements were discovered in 1881 during the planting of trees on the Knights of St John’s glacis just outside Mdina. The remains of this townhouse were uncovered during the first...http://www.maltain360.com/default.aspx?reference=110005027http://www.maltain360.com/default.aspx?reference=110005027The National Museum of Natural History is situated at Mdina in an eighteenth century palace, restructured by Grand Master Antonio Manoel de Vilhena, with plans of Charles Francois de Mondion. This took place in 1726, with Vilhena Palace, designed in...http://www.maltain360.com/default.aspx?reference=100008443http://www.maltain360.com/default.aspx?reference=100008443Fort Rinella in Kalkara, was built in 1878. This fort is not only a unique remnant of Malta’s recent British colonial past, but it is also the world’s first mechanical fort which enabled its small garrison to fire a monstrous 100-ton gun every six...http://www.maltain360.com/default.aspx?reference=120001854http://www.maltain360.com/default.aspx?reference=120001854Fondazzjoni Wirt Artna - The Malta Heritage Trust has organised a jousting tournament at Fort Rinella in Kalkara. The tournament took place between the 30th of March and the 1st of April 2012 and the funds raised during that weekend will be used for...http://www.maltain360.com/default.aspx?reference=110004435http://www.maltain360.com/default.aspx?reference=110004435The Inquisitor’s Palace, sited in the heart of Vittoriosa, is one of the very few surviving examples of a style of palace that would have been found all over Europe and South America in the early modern period. Mgr Pietro Dusina arrived in Malta in...http://www.maltain360.com/default.aspx?reference=120001738http://www.maltain360.com/default.aspx?reference=120001738The three bays between the peninsulas of the three cities are known as Kalkara Creek (between Kalkara and Vittoriosa), Dockyard Creek (between Vittoriosa and Senglea) and French Creek (between Cospicua and Corradino Heights). St. Paul's Bastion,...http://www.maltain360.com/default.aspx?reference=120001635http://www.maltain360.com/default.aspx?reference=120001635A live re-enactment of the Last Supper according to the traditional Jewish rites of the time has been held at the Inquisitor’s Palace in Birgu on the 24th and 25th March 2012. This shot was taken during one of the rehearsals in preparation for this...http://www.maltain360.com/default.aspx?reference=120001532http://www.maltain360.com/default.aspx?reference=120001532The St. John’s Gate, which is part of the Cottonera Lines is a beautiful high gate situated between the late St Paul’s Gate and St. John’s Bastion. These gates, together with seven other gates, provided access through the Cottonera Lines. The seven...http://www.maltain360.com/default.aspx?reference=120000573http://www.maltain360.com/default.aspx?reference=120000573The value of Casa Rocca Piccola in Valletta lies in its ability to provide unique historical evidence into the customs and traditions of the Maltese nobility over the last 400 years. Casa Rocca Piccola was built in the late 16th Century for Don...http://www.maltain360.com/default.aspx?reference=120001473http://www.maltain360.com/default.aspx?reference=120001473The 30th edition of Malta's Premiere Scale Model Exhibition – "History in Scale" was officially opened by Parliamentary Secretary for Youth and Sports Hon. Clyde Puli. The exhibition was this year held at the Malta Maritime Museum in Vittoriosa from...http://www.maltain360.com/default.aspx?reference=120001122http://www.maltain360.com/default.aspx?reference=120001122Quarries for ashlar building blocks are known to exist anywhere where the Phoenicians, Carthaginians and Romans have extended their territorial rule. These can be recognised by the distinctively straight-cut walls from which the ashlar blocks were...http://www.maltain360.com/default.aspx?reference=120001019http://www.maltain360.com/default.aspx?reference=120001019The Malta Historical Fencing Association (http://www.historicalfencingmalta.org/) was launched in November 2011 to promote the study and practice of historical sword fighting techniques in Malta. The association researches the techniques used in and...http://www.maltain360.com/default.aspx?reference=120000954http://www.maltain360.com/default.aspx?reference=120000954At the beginning of the 20th century, all those who attended church to hear mass or for other religious functions, had to pay one farthing to be given a chair to sit on. Due to the fact that the cost of living was on the rise, a problem for those in...http://www.maltain360.com/default.aspx?reference=120000838http://www.maltain360.com/default.aspx?reference=120000838The extensive remains discovered at San Pawl Milqi constitute the largest agricultural villa to be found on the Maltese Islands to date. It is not clear whether the villa was known when the first church was built on it, in the mid 1400s, but the...http://www.maltain360.com/default.aspx?reference=120000632http://www.maltain360.com/default.aspx?reference=120000632This church, dedicated to the Apostle St. Paul is located in Valley Road Birkirkara. Today, this road is one of the busiest in Malta but in older times it was hardly used. In those days the town of Birkirkara was centred in the side, where today...http://www.maltain360.com/default.aspx?reference=110010735http://www.maltain360.com/default.aspx?reference=110010735Although referred to as a tower this building was a fortified country residence built by the Mamo family in 1657 as protection against invading pirates from nearby St Thomas Bay. The building has a unique shape with sixteen sides. On entering one...http://www.maltain360.com/default.aspx?reference=120000324http://www.maltain360.com/default.aspx?reference=120000324The North-western part of the island of Malta is characterized by a number of bays and inlets with semicircular coves and Blue Clay slopes. Ras ir-Raheb marks the South-eastern tip of the exposed bay of Fomm ir-Riħ. This area has an abundance of...