WWW-VL HISTORY: MALTA

• Maps of Malta

• Political
• Relief
• Gazetteer of 643 towns and villages in Malta

• Government Sites
  • Official Portal to Government of Malta Electronic Services (in Maltese and English)

   

• News and Information Services
  • Malta Newspapers online
  • Malta radio stations online

   

• Language
  • Languages of Malta, from Ethnologue.com
  • Basic English-Maltese Dictionary, compiled by Grazio Falzon
  • Basic Maltese Grammar, compiled by Grazio Falzon

   

• Education and Libraries
  • The University of Malta
  • The National Library
  • The National Archives

   

• Fonts
  • Dr. Berlin's Maltese Fonts

   

• Genealogical research
  • Malta Genealogy Forum
  • The Maltese Surname Connection

   

• Museums
  • Ministry of Education, Museums Department.  A list of the major museums on Malta and Gozo, with their websites, hours of operation, and admission policies.

   

• Religion
  • Diocese of Gozo, Malta
  • Archdiocese of Malta Homepage
    • List of parishes

• History of Malta

General history 

• About Malta. Published by the Government of Malta
• Brief History of Malta. Sponsored by the Malta Study Center, Hill Museum & Manuscript Library
• History. Sponsored by aboutmalta.com.  Contains links and "This day in Maltese history."
• A History of Malta.  In English and in Nederlands.
• A History of the Maltese Islands.  By Renzo Cordina.
• The Maltese - Who are they? By Charles J. Beli.
• Who's Who Malta
• The Malta Historical Society. Provides access to selected articles from their journal, Melita Historica.

Prehistoric Malta

• Ghar Dalam. From Bernard Nantet, Malta (Paris). Text only
• Prehistoric Malta.  Sponsored by Dr. Anton Bugeja, Malta Homepage.  Text and photos.
• The Temples of Malta. Sponsored by the OTS Foundation.  Great photos, with video of the Hypogeum
• Megalithic Temples of Malta.  Site sponsored by UNESCO.
• Megalithic Temples of Malta. By Daniel Cillia.  With photos.  Documents the vandalism and restoration of the temple of Mnajdra.

The Jews of Malta

• The Jews of Malta
• The Jewish Community of Malta. By Lawrence Attard Bezzina

The Knights of Malta

• Archives of the Order of  St. John, National Library of Malta. Sponsored by the Malta Study Center, Hill Museum & Manuscript Library
• The Knights Hospitallers.  Maintained by Simon Philips.

Valletta

• The City of Valetta. Site sponsored by UNESCO.
• Valletta - History of Malta's Baroque Capital City.  Travel site, sponsored by My Malta.

The Military Architecture of Malta

• Fortress Explorer. Text and photos by Stephen C. Spiteri, an expert on Maltese fortifications.

The Siege of 1565

• Siege of Malta. Excerpts from The Ottoman Centuries, by Lord Kinross
• The Siege of Malta.  Excerpts from Merle Severy, "The World of Süleyman the Magnificent," National Geographic Magazine (November, 1987)
• The Siege of Malta. Part I: St. Elmo. By S. Fowler Wright, based on an unfinished romance by Sir Walter Scott  (note: large text file)

Napoleon captures the island

• "The Siege of Malta of 1798"

• Pages of links
  • Grazio's Malta Virtwali. Links about Malta, maintained by Grazio Falzon.
  • http://www.aboutmalta.com/ - the online guide to everything about the Maltese islands

Send comments and suggestions to Theresa Vann, Malta Study Center, Hill Museum & Manuscript Library, Saint John's University, Collegeville, MN 56321, USA

www.hmml.org/centers/malta/WWW-VLHistoryMaltaIndex.html

Last updated 24 February 2003