Valeta I through time

Valletta 1860–2024 22 photos of this spot

22 photographs taken at the same spot in Valletta, spanning 1860–2024 — 11 of them from before 1980. Line them up and watch the place change.

Strada Torni was one of the narrow streets threading through Valletta, the fortress capital built on Malta by the Knights of St. John. This 1860 photograph captures the tall limestone facades and shuttered balconies typical of the city's historic core.

EU: Veduta di Strada Tarni, Valletta, Malta (1860) 1860 Strada Torni was one of the narrow streets threading through Valletta, the fortress capital built on Malta by the Knights of St. John. This 1860 photograph captures the tall limestone facades and shuttered balconies typical of the city's historic core.

EU: Veduta della Chiesa Inglese, Valletta, Malta (1860) 1860 This 1860 photograph shows the Anglican pro-cathedral built in central Valletta to serve Malta's British garrison and colonial administration during the island's time under British rule. Its towered facade stood out among Valletta's older Baroque churches.

EU: Veduta di Strada Tarni, Valletta, Malta (1867) 1867 Strada Tarni in Valletta, Malta, pictured in 1867. Valletta's narrow, fortified streets date largely from the Knights Hospitaller period, and by the mid-nineteenth century the city was under British colonial administration.

EU: Valletta. Steam ship "Garibaldi" on the pier (1927) 1927 This 1927 photograph shows the steamship Garibaldi docked at the pier in Valletta, Malta.

EU: Valletta. Steam ship Garibaldi on the pier (1927) 1927 Another 1927 view of the steamship Garibaldi at the pier in Valletta, Malta.

EU: Valletta. Steam ship “Garibaldi” on the pier (1927) 1927 A third photograph from 1927 shows the steamship Garibaldi moored at the pier in Valletta, Malta.

EU: Valletta. Mauern der Festungsbastion. Seeseite (1927) 1927 The sea-facing wall of one of Valletta's fortress bastions, photographed in 1927. Malta's capital was ringed by these massive limestone fortifications, built from the sixteenth century onward by the Knights of St John to defend the harbor.

EU: Valletta. Kriegsschiff vor den alten Festungsmauern am Hafen (1928) 1928 A warship anchored before Valletta's old fortress walls at the harbor, photographed in 1928. The Grand Harbour has served as a naval anchorage for the island of Malta for centuries.

EU: Αγροικία στα περίχωρα της Valletta. (1947) 1947 A farmhouse on the outskirts of Valletta, Malta, photographed in 1947. Beyond the fortified capital's baroque core, the surrounding countryside was still dotted with modest rural stone buildings in this period.

EU: Αγροικία στα περίχωρα της Valletta (farmhouse view 2) (1947) 1947 A second view of the same rural property near Valletta captured in 1947, showing the plain stone construction typical of Maltese farm buildings outside the capital's walls.

EU: Είσοδος καταστήματος στην Βαλλέττα. (1947) 1947 The entrance to a shop in Valletta, 1947. Malta's capital, built by the Knights of St John in the 16th century, was still recovering from the heavy bombing it endured during the Second World War.

EU: St. John`s Co-Cathedral, Valletta (1990) 1990 St. John's Co-Cathedral in Valletta, built in the late 16th century for the Knights of Malta, is pictured in this 1990 photograph. Its restrained fortress-like exterior contrasts with the elaborately decorated Baroque interior for which the church is renowned.

Valletta 2008 Valletta, Malta's capital, was built by the Knights of St. John following the Great Siege of 1565 and is laid out in a grid within extensive fortifications. This 2008 photograph shows a view of the city, a UNESCO World Heritage Site known for its dense concentration of Baroque architecture.

Balcons Maltais 2012 Photographed in 2012, this image shows the enclosed wooden balconies characteristic of Valletta, Malta's capital, a design element that became a hallmark of Maltese urban architecture.

Valletta VLT 05 2015 A row of enclosed wooden balconies, a hallmark of Maltese architecture, lines a sloping street in Valletta, with weathered limestone facades and parked cars beneath. Shop signs, including one for an internet cafe, hang from the buildings in this 2015 photograph, reflecting the dense urban fabric of Malta's capital.

Valletta Sunrise 2016 Sunrise over Valletta, the fortified capital of Malta, photographed in 2016. Valletta was built by the Knights of St. John in the 16th century following the Great Siege of Malta, and its historic core is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

in La Valletta 2016 A scene from Valletta, Malta's capital, photographed in 2016. The city was built in the late 16th century by the Knights of St John and is enclosed within extensive Baroque fortifications.

Palazzo, Christopher Street 2016 A palazzo on St Christopher Street in Valletta, Malta, photographed in 2016. Streets in the old city are lined with historic townhouses dating largely from the era of the Knights of St John.

Valletta parametres 06 2016 A street view in Valletta, Malta, from 2016. The compact capital was designed in the 1560s as a fortress city to defend the island following the Great Siege of Malta.

Messina palace 2016 A building identified as Messina Palace in Valletta, Malta, photographed in 2016 within the fortified Maltese capital.

Valeta I 2018 A street view in Valletta, Malta's fortified capital, built by the Knights of St John in the sixteenth century and now a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Photographed in 2018.

Greek-Catholic Church Valetta 2024 A Greek Catholic church in Valletta, the capital of Malta, a fortified city built by the Knights of St John in the 16th century and now a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Photographed in 2024.