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A Little Trip to Malta

PIpiero64 ·57 photographs ·8 Apr 2004 – 13 Apr 2004 ·6 days
Where
When
8 Apr 2004 – 13 Apr 2004
6 days · trip of 2004
Who
Piero Cogoni · @piero64 · Cagliari
How
Travel diary
The story

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Text and photos by Piero Cogoni.

The journey's photographs

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Passengers disembark from a white Air Malta plane via mobile stairsBaroque church interior: altar, marble balustrade, wooden chairs and inlaid floorMarble statues and inlaid floor inside a baroque church, side lightGilded statue inside a baroque church rich with marbles, carvings and columnsTraditional Maltese green wooden balcony on limestone facade, with pub signTraditional Maltese enclosed wooden balcony on limestone facade in sunlightStone balcony with carved flowers and green copper roof on facadeOchre limestone buildings with wooden balconies in Valletta, cars along the streetTraditional Maltese enclosed wooden balconies on sandstone facade, sunlightLimestone buildings with traditional balconies and old fortification walls in MaltaLimestone facade with enclosed wooden balconies under bright sunlightCarmelite church dome rising over limestone buildings in VallettaLimestone walls and watchtower on Malta's harbour, bright blue seaLimestone bastion walls above turquoise sea, fortified old town by the harbourTwo yachts moored off Sliema, rocky shore and buildings behindOchre limestone building with balconies above paved walkway, VallettaLimestone facade with traditional enclosed wooden balconies, VallettaHorses with vintage carriages on a square in Valletta, MaltaLimestone fortress walls along the Malta coast, blue seaThe Carmelite dome and Anglican spire rising above Valletta's limestone rooftopsValletta's Grand Harbour: limestone bastions and turquoise waters under the sunNeo-Gothic Balluta church in St Julian's facing the blue seaLimestone ramparts and ochre buildings on Valletta peninsula, boats in harborBoats moored at Marsamxett Harbour, domed church and limestone houses behindSailboats moored at the harbor in front of city domes and rooftopsTraditional wooden boat painted blue and yellow moored in the harborLamp post on the quay overlooking boats moored in Spinola BayTraditional Maltese wooden closed balconies on cream facades, Valletta morning lightColorful fishing boats moored by limestone houses at Spinola BayBoats moored in Spinola Bay, St Julian's, among limestone buildingsColorful boats in Spinola Bay, St Julian's, buildings along the waterfrontColorful boats moored in Spinola Bay, buildings and restaurants along the waterfrontYellow and white bus parked on a sunny square with buildingsBoats hauled ashore at Jaffa port, cafes with umbrellas among stone archesMdina, the old stone-built city, rising above cultivated fieldsHorse-drawn carriage in front of an old stone house, Mdinaskeleton hanging in iron gibbet cage against yellow stone wallColorful luzzu fishing boats moored at Marsaxlokk harbor, soft light on waterFish market stall with fresh tuna steaks, crates and weighing scaleFresh sharks and octopus in metal trays at the fish marketFish vendor at harbor market stall, metal trays with fresh fish, boats behindThe Blue Grotto rock arch plunges into Malta's deep blue seaBlue water between limestone cliffs and rock-cut steps, Blue GrottoTerraced fields with limestone walls beneath an old rural buildingHall with marble floor, central coat of arms and frescoes, Grandmaster's PalaceBaroque frescoed ceiling with red and white coat of arms, warm lightMarble staircase with gilded door, suits of armor and lit lanterns on wallsShining medieval steel armor displayed on a wooden base, frescoed wallsGilded stuccoes and red cross coats of arms above a baroque church portalFour medieval steel helmets displayed in museum glass case with frescoesAncient metal helmets displayed in a museum glass case under artificial lightMedieval armor holding a halberd beside painted drums, blue wallsEngraved steel horse head armor displayed in a museumAntique bronze cannon with wooden wheels displayed on a white museum pedestalEngraved steel morion helmets displayed behind glassShield with Maltese cross and spears arranged in a radial patternMetal halberd with angular blade hung on a pale wall beside a spear tip

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