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Valletta

Malta’s capital city Valletta is inextricably linked with The Knights of Saint John. The city was founded in the 16th century and is named in the honour of Grandmaster Jean de la Valette, the hero of the 1565 Great Siege, where the Knights together with the Maltese overpowered a significantly superior fighting force of Ottoman […]

St John’s Co-Cathedral

The modest and rather unassuming exterior of St John’s Co-Cathedral belies a truly unique baroque interior.  Commissioned in 1572 by Grand Master Jean de la Cassiére, as the Order of the Knights of St. John’s  conventual church, situated in Malta’s newly built capital city of Valletta.    The church was designed by the well established […]

The Wonderful World of Carnival

As many of us know, Carnival will be celebrated from the 24th to the 28th February 2017. This means we need to prepare for closed roads, heavy traffic in and out of Valletta, and mile-long queues to and from Gozo. However, we all know it’s worth it in the end – after all, who doesn’t […]

Welcome Center Malta

Everything that you will need to relocate successfully to Malta in one place. At Welcome Center Malta, the main objective is to provide reliable and credible content with the aim to facilitate expats’ and students’ move to the Maltese Islands. Additionally, WCM connects its visitors with the most reputable service providers in the country. What […]