City of Valletta UNESCO World Heritage Site

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The City of Valletta UNESCO World Heritage Site is the historic fortified capital of Malta, renowned for its dense concentration of Baroque architecture, military fortifications, and cultural landmarks dating from the 16th century.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
historic urban ensemble ⓘ
associatedWith Grand Master Jean de Valette ⓘ
Knights Hospitaller ⓘ
capitalOf Malta ⓘ
constructedBy Order of St John ⓘ
linked to: Order of Saint John
constructionStart 1566 ⓘ
contains Auberge de Castille ⓘ
Fort St Elmo ⓘ
linked to: Fort St. Elmo

Grandmaster’s Palace ⓘ
Lower Barrakka Gardens ⓘ
Manoel Theatre ⓘ
National Museum of Archaeology (Malta) ⓘ
National Museum of Fine Arts (MUŻA) ⓘ
St George’s Square ⓘ
St John’s Co-Cathedral ⓘ
Upper Barrakka Gardens ⓘ
continent Europe ⓘ
country Malta ⓘ
governingBody Government of Malta ⓘ
Valletta Local Council ⓘ
hasCityWalls Valletta fortifications ⓘ
linked to: Valletta bastions
hasHarbour Grand Harbour ⓘ
Marsamxett Harbour ⓘ
heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
heritageProtectionStatus protected area under Maltese cultural heritage law ⓘ
historicalEra Early modern period ⓘ
linked to: Early Modern period
inscriptionYear 1980 ⓘ
language English ⓘ
Maltese ⓘ
locatedIn Malta ⓘ
Valletta ⓘ
locatedOn Island of Malta ⓘ
linked to: Malta Island
notableArchitectureStyle Baroque architecture ⓘ
notableFeature bastioned fortifications ⓘ
dense concentration of Baroque buildings ⓘ
grid street plan ⓘ
historic fortified city ⓘ
partOf historic centre of Valletta ⓘ
periodOfSignificance 16th century ⓘ
region Mediterranean ⓘ
tourismAttraction major cultural tourism destination ⓘ
UNESCOCategory Cultural ⓘ
UNESCOCriteria (i) ⓘ
(vi) ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageRegion Europe and North America ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteId 131 ⓘ
urbanType fortified city ⓘ
planned city ⓘ

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Grandmaster’s Palace → partOf → City of Valletta UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
Auberge de Castille → partOf → City of Valletta UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
National Museum of Archaeology (Malta) → locatedIn → Valletta UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
linked to: City of Valletta UNESCO World Heritage Site
Fort St Angelo → partOf → City of Valletta UNESCO World Heritage Site buffer zone ⓘ
subject linked to: Fort St Angelo in Birgu
linked to: City of Valletta UNESCO World Heritage Site
St George’s Square, Valletta → partOf → Historic City of Valletta UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
linked to: City of Valletta UNESCO World Heritage Site
Magistral Palace → partOf → City of Valletta UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
Magistral Palace → locatedInHistoricCentre → Valletta historic city ⓘ
linked to: City of Valletta UNESCO World Heritage Site
Auberge de Castille → partOf → City of Valletta UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
Castille Square → partOf → Valletta urban conservation area ⓘ
linked to: City of Valletta UNESCO World Heritage Site
Auberge d’Italie → locatedInHistoricDistrict → Valletta historic centre ⓘ
linked to: City of Valletta UNESCO World Heritage Site
Auberge d’Italie → locatedInUNESCOSite → City of Valletta World Heritage Site ⓘ
linked to: City of Valletta UNESCO World Heritage Site
City Gate of Valletta → partOf → UNESCO World Heritage Site City of Valletta ⓘ
linked to: City of Valletta UNESCO World Heritage Site
Teatro Pubblico → partOf → Valletta historic core ⓘ
linked to: City of Valletta UNESCO World Heritage Site
Auberge de Provence → partOf → City of Valletta UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
Grandmaster’s Palace, Valletta → partOf → City of Valletta UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
Auberge de Castille, Valletta → partOf → City of Valletta UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
Valletta bastions → partOf → UNESCO World Heritage Site City of Valletta ⓘ
linked to: City of Valletta UNESCO World Heritage Site