Malta officially the Republic of Malta, is an island country in southern Europe. It is located in the Mediterrarean Sea and consists of anarchipelago between Italy, Tunisea and Libya. It lies 80 km south of Sicily and Italy, The two official languages are Maltese. The country’s capital is Valetta.
We visited Malta in 2007.
Malta has been inhabited since approximately 5900 BC. Its location in the centre of the Mediterranean has historically given it great strategic importance as a naval base, with a succession of powers having contested and ruled the islands. While Christianity has been present since the time of the early Christians, Malta was predominantly a Muslim country under Arab rule during the early Middle Ages. Muslim rule ended with the Norman invasion in 1091.
Malta became a British colony in 1813, serving as the headquarters for the British Mediterranean fleet.
It was besieged by the Axis powers during WW II and was an important Allied base for operations in North Africa and the Mediterranean.
Dingli is a village in the Nothern Region, with a population of 3,865 as of 2021. It is 13 kilometres from the capital and two kilometers from the nearest town, Rabat. The village lies on a plateau some 230 metres above sea level, near the highest point of Malta.
Rock-cut tombs dating back to Phoenician, Carthaginian and Roman times have been found in the limits of Dingli. Roman baths and other remains were also found at Għajn Handful and the area of Ta’ Baldu.
Saint Mary Magdalene Chapel
The chapel was built in 1646 on the site of an earlier one which had existed since at least the 15th century. Its simple architecture is typical of Maltese wayside chapels.
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