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Things of Random Coolness features Maison La Vallette 2008-03-25 06:29:00 Maison La Vallette gets featured at ThingsOfRandomCoolness
"Hip & stylish accommodation in Malta. If you’re like me and love quirky, hip boutique style hotels and you’re thinking of heading towards Malta anytime soon, you might want to check out the a new luxury self catering accommodation option in Malta called Maison La Vallette. It’s a discreet self catering luxury town house, situated in the old part of Valletta. Decorated in a mix of Maltese style baroque and bespoke designer furniture, it looks like a great setting for a romantic stay, for those looking for a bold, stylish, sophisticated yet affordable option for their travels.Even if you’re not looking to go there on your travels, it’s worth checking out the website just to pick up some decor style ideas on the virtual Read more:features
George Cross Medal re-enactment in Valletta 2008-04-02 09:48:00 On the 15th April, at 18.00hrs, St George
’s Square, or as it is more popularly known, Palace Square in Valletta
, will be transported back in time by 66 years through a faithful re-enactment of the awarding of the George CrossMedal
to the people of Malta.“To honour the brave people I award the George Cross to the Island Fortress of Malta to bear witness to a heroism and devotion that will long be famous in history”This citation, originally issued by King George VI on the 15th April 1942, will ring across the square once again and is sure to send a tingle down the spines of those present, making us stand justifiably proud as a Nation.The George Cross is the highest British medal, which can be awarded to civilians for acts of bravery. Malta is the only country to ever receive this aw
Valletta Fireworks Festival 2008-04-02 09:20:00 The Floriana Local Council, Malta is organizing the Second Malta Festival
of Mechanised Ground Fireworks
(locally known as "Nar ta' l-Art") which will be held in Saint Publius Square on Saturday, 5 April 2008, on the eve of the feast of St Publius, Patron Saint of Malta and particular Patron Saint of Floriana. Ground fireworks are a unique Maltese pyrotechnic tradition, and since the festival will be held on the eve of Floriana's Parish Feast, those who attend the festival will also get a taste of the lavish local festivities which are a hallmark of Maltese Festas. The Festival will be held in the largest square in Malta. A total of 16 different firework factories will field two ground firework pieces each, to compete for numerous prizes that will be awarded by an international jury. Entra Read more:Valletta
Valletta and the European Film Festival 2008-04-09 00:11:00 Audiences are in for a treat at this year's European
Film Festival
.Film has long been the medium of the people - a form of entertainment that breaks the barriers of class, social status, gender, race or religion to bridge society's gaps and bring us closer together. And it's for that very reason that the local EU Representation Office has decided to continue its annual European Film Festival for the 10th year running, launching on April 12. The festival is working in conjunction with the St James Cavalier as the centre was appointed as the national coordinating body for the European Year of Intercultural Dialogue."This year the whole of the EU is celebrating intercultural dialogue and we thought that we would use our flagship cultural activity, this film festival, to hone in on those ideol Read more:Valletta
Calleja to pay tribute to Pavarotti 2008-04-08 23:56:00 Photo: Nichole BachmannMalta's favourite opera star, Joseph Calleja, will return to a local stage at an as yet unestablished venue on July 12 paying tribute
to his late hero, Luciano Pavarotti
.Accompanied by his soprano wife Tatiana Lisnic, baritone George Petean, conductor Brian Schembri and a philharmonic orchestra from Sofia, Calleja will lay special emphasis on Puccini since 2008 is the 150th anniversary of his birth."Joseph Calleja is one of the biggest stars in the world of classical music and this concert is bound to be one of this year's cultural highlights. Organising a concert of this magnitude requires a great deal of planning, organisation and resources.Tickets are available online from through www.nngpromotions.com, through Vodafone and Exotique outlets and from Agenda booksho
Valletta Barrakka Gardens 2008-04-08 23:13:00 Upper and Lower Barrakka Gardens
offer panoramic views of the Grand Harbour in Valletta
.The Upper Barrakka is however more centered and at a much higher level giving the best viewing point of Fort St Angelo just across, which is the present seat of the Knights of St John. This upper garden was in fact the gift of an eighteenth-century knight. The Anglican Garrison Church partly intrudes upon its view.The garden is built on top of a demi-bastion.The Lower Barrakka Gardens are part of St Christopher's Bastion and also command a view of the Grand Harbour. At the centre of this garden is a small Greek-style folly built in memory of Governor Sir Alexander Ball, who led the siege against the French in 1800 and subsequently became Britain's first civil commissioner of Malta. The French during the
Maltese Flea Markets 2008-04-11 02:01:00 For a relaxing day, enjoy a visit to Birgu which is just a short distance from Valletta. The old city is situated just across the Grand Harbour. The best views of the city is from the Upper Barrakka where you can admire the massive Fort St Angelo which today houses the headquarters of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta - the Order of the Knights of St. John. It was from here that the great Master Caravaggio escaped to Naples after his short-lived adventure in Malta.If you time your visit on Sunday morning you may try your luck at the antiques flea market. Here you will find all sorts of war time memorabilia, old coins, stamps, books and much more. The market starts as early as 7.00am and finishes at noon. Should you plan your visit during the week, the best day is a tuesday for the wee Read more:Markets
Latin Jazz in Valletta 2008-04-14 00:08:00 On Wednesday 16 April at 8pm, Teatru Manoel in collaboration with the German Embassy in Malta proudly presents a Latin
Jazz concert entitled Vida Pura.This ensemble, which has toured in Columbia, China and Germany, brings together the world renowned musicians Sebastian Schunke – piano (Berlin); Olvido – vocals (Cuba Berlin); Lukmil Perez – drums (Cuba Paris); Felepe Cabrera – bass (Cuba Paris); El Indio – trumpet (Cuba Berlin). These Grammy award winning artistes fuse the intense energy of their home cultures to create music which merges the boundaries of classical music and Latin rhythms.This evening promises to entice the audience with music that is structured but spontaneous, familiar yet exotic in a Latin Jazz environment.“The jazz element seems to shimmer between the main Read more:Valletta
Metropolitan opera star for Malta concert 2008-04-13 23:45:00 The celebrated American mezzo-soprano Kate Aldrich, who has taken the world of opera
by storm with her stunning performances at the Metropolitan
Opera House and other prestigious venues, will be the guest artiste in a concert organised by the Malta Philharmonic Orchestra at the Manoel Theatre on April 22.The repertoire will include well known arias from Carmen, La Favorita, Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Damnation de Faust, La Clemenza di Tito, Werther and La Cenerentola.The relatively young mezzo soprano created a sensation when she appeared as Amneris in Franco Zeffirelli's production of Verdi's Aida on the commemoration of the centennial of the composer's death in 2001 in Busseto, Italy. This production was seen on RAI television and later released on DVD. Her other DVD releases include a con
MTV hits Malta this summer 2008-04-19 23:43:00 ISLE OF MTV 2008Festivals , Concerts, Clubs and Scene - 25/06/2008 to 26/06/2008Coming soon.... MTV hits the island of Malta and everyone is invited.A massive international line up of top artists and local talents will grace centre stage at the isle of MTV 2008. After the great success story of 2007, with over 40,0000 people attending the largest concert ever to be held in Malta, MTV in collaboration with the Malta Tourism Authority and G7 will be holding yet another Free Festival.Dr Francis Zammit Dimech, Minister for Tourism and Culture, said: “We are delighted to renew our partnership with MTV. Our lifestyle, climate and natural beauty provide a perfect venue for MTV. This is a unique opportunity to tell young people that Malta truly is a happening island.”Last summer Akon, Maroon
Malta National Folk Festival 2008-04-25 00:31:00 Organised by the Malta Council for Culture and the Arts, the National
Folk Singing Festival
takes place every May in the natural setting of the Argotti Botanical Gardens in Floriana, Valletta.A mixture of Maltese and Mediterranean folk music performances are staged by local and international artists, while craftsmen display their skills at exhibitions held alongside the main event. Visitors also have the opportunity to taste traditional food and drink.Argotti Botanical Gardens are situated just 15 minutes walk from Maison La Vallette.18 - 20 May 2008 (annual)Where:Argotti Botanical GardensOpening Hours:7pm
Antonio Sciortino Sculptors in Valencia 2008-04-24 23:37:00 Heritage Malta is putting up an exhibition consisting of 11 works in bronze and marble by the Maltese sculptor Antonio
Sciortino in Valencia
, Spain. The exhibition is the first one-man exhibition of Sciortino’s works overseas.Some of Sciortino’s most noteworthy works from the national collection at the National Museum of Fine Arts are being exhibited. These include Rythmi Vitae, Surprise and Nina de Vetlina among others, and are being accompanied by a fibre-glass replica of Sciortino’s original Les Gavroches. The exhibition is co-curated by Heritage Malta’s Senior Curator for Arts and Palaces Mr Sandro Debono, Mr Dennis Vella as curator of modern and contemporary art within the Arts and Palaces Department and an authority on Antonio Sciortino, and Don Vicente Alcaraz from the Ajunt
Valletta - city of fountains 2008-05-02 00:51:00 In 1610 Grand Master Wignacourt initiated a project to bring water to Valletta
from a number of natural springs in Rabat. A system of acqueducts were built which bear his name. To celebrate the arrival of water supply system in Valletta a number of fountains were built in the city. These are located in some of the best piazzas of the city.
Spezzo - Maltese fine restaurant 2008-05-02 00:14:00 Spezzo with its tastefully-styled baroque interior (113 Triq l'Arcisqof/Archbishop Street, +2122 8500) and with its soaring atrium covered by a glass roof, offers Mediterranean and international cuisine. The array of dishes on offer are complemented by a great variety of stylish and graceful wines. It is close to the Grand Masters Palace in the heart of Valletta; it offers an eloquent balance between the rustic and the avant-garde delighting patrons with its luscious gastronomy and sophisticated ambiance. Read more:restaurant
Maltese corner shrines 2008-05-01 23:22:00 Valletta was built under the direction of the famous and great Italian architect, Francesco Laparelli of Cortona, who had already drawn up the first plans of the city before the Great Siege. Never before, had a completely new city been built in Europe straight from the drawing board, since before, towns had grown without any planning.An interesting architectural feature of buildings in Valletta is the addition of niches with statues of saints prominently located at the corner
of buildings. Some of these shrines were erected to commemorate a deceased relative or some other significant event in the lives of the people who lived in the area. Buildings were not allowed to jut out into the street, so as to narrow the passageway. Front gardens and gaps between houses were forbidden.After Lapar
Enrique Iglesias in Malta 2008-05-27 00:02:00 Enrique Iglesias
back for MTV concert in JuneHeartthrob singer Enrique Iglesias
, will be returning to Malta this June for the Isle of MTV concert to be held just outside Valletta city gate.“Isle of MTV Malta was a fabulous event last year and I’m looking forward to sharing my music with MTV’s viewers and with Malta,” Iglesias commented.His track Can You Hear Me? is the official song of UEF Read more:Enrique
Caravaggio's Masterpiece in Valletta - at St. John's Co Cathedral 2008-06-30 01:45:00 Commissioned by the Great Master of the Order of the Knights of Malta, Caravaggio's Beheading of St John was made in 1608 for the chapel of the Co-Cathedral
of St John in Valletta
. It is the largest work the artist ever painted (12 feet x 17 feet) and the only one he ever signed.The painting depicts the moment in Biblical history where St John is beheaded by King Herod to satisfy the blood lust of Read more:Masterpiece
Malta Rolex Middle Sea Race - History meets Racing 2008-06-30 00:32:00 The Rolex
Middle Sea Race is one of the oldest and toughest offshore racing Classics. Starting and finishing in Malta 's historic Marsamxett Harbour, the 606-mile race takes the fleet in an anti-clockwise direction around the Italian island of Sicily.Co-founded by the Malta Yacht Club and the Royal Ocean Racing
Club in 1968, the race features high-profile boats from the world's top designers. Norm Read more:History
The Hypogeum in Malta (Maltese Neolitic Temple) 2008-06-26 00:44:00 The Hypogeum in Ħal-Saflieni, Paola, Malta, is a subterranean structure excavated c. 2500 B.C. Thought to be originally a sanctuary, it became an ecropolis in prehistoric times. It is the only prehistoric underground temple in the world. The Hypogeum has a UNESCO Heritage Site listing, due to its unique structure. It was discovered by accident in 1902 when workers cutting cisterns for a new hou Read more:Temple
Malta Jazz Festival 2008-07-14 00:54:00 Three Mediterranean nights of international jazz by world-renowned players takes place in a unique setting on the third weekend of July. Staged below the bastions of the 16th century city of Valletta, and by the waters of Grand Harbour, it certainly has a spectacular location. This year the festival is from the 18th -20th July.Organized by the Malta Council for Culture and Arts, the Valletta fest Read more:Festival
Malta International Airshow 2008-07-14 00:36:00 This year’s 16th edition of the Malta International
Airshow will be held over the weekend of Sat 27th / Sun 28th September 2008.The Malta International Airshow will provide a unique opportunity for you to have access to some of the airfield ramps, view the aircraft and chat with the pilots. There will be flying displays by civil and military aircraft, including parachute teams, as well as a stat
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