Sights
Saluting Battery
The row of historic cannons just below the Upper Barrakka Gardens. A gun is traditionally fired at noon, which you can watch from the gardens above; check locally for times and battery tours.
Sights in Valletta
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City Gate and Parliament House
The modern entrance to Valletta, designed by Renzo Piano together with the stone-clad Parliament building and the open-air theatre in the shell of the old opera house.
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National Museum of Archaeology
Finds from Malta's prehistoric temples, including the small Sleeping Lady figure, displayed in a former Knights' inn on Republic Street.
SightsClosed Sundays
St John's Co-Cathedral
A plain-looking church from outside with a breathtaking gilded baroque interior, a floor of inlaid marble tombstones and Caravaggio's huge Beheading of St John. Audio guide included.
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Grandmaster's Palace
The former seat of the Knights' Grand Masters, with painted state rooms, a corridor of armour and one of the world's largest collections of historic weapons in the Armoury.
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Fort St Elmo and the National War Museum
The star-shaped fort at the tip of the peninsula, besieged in 1565, now home to a museum covering Malta's military story from the Bronze Age to the Second World War.