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Did you know that for a long while Malta formed part of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies?

In 1530 Charles V granted the islands of Malta and Gozo, which had been part of the Kingdom of Sicily, to the Knights Hospitaller...

Did you know that the Maltese language is the only Semitic-derived language written in Romance?

The language is a Semitic language derived from late medieval Sicilian Arabic with Romance superstrata spoken by the Maltese people....

Did you know that Malta has one of the rare magnificent paintings in chiaroscuro by Caravaggio?

The 17th-century Italian painter Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio took chiaroscuro to the extreme, often blacking out large portions of...

Did you know that Malta has Megalithic Temples ancient than the pyramids of Egypt?

The Megalithic Temples of Malta (Ġgantija, Ħaġar Qim, Mnajdra, Skorba, Ta' Ħaġrat and Tarxien) are prehistoric monumental buildings...