IMalta, igama elipheleleyo leRiphabhlikhi yaseMalta, imi embindini woLwandle lweMeditera.Iyaziwa njenge "Intliziyo YaseMeditera" kwaye inommandla weekhilomitha ezisikwere ezingama-316. Yindawo edumileyo yabakhenkethi eyaziwayo kwaye yaziwa njenge "Idolophana yaseYurophu". Ilizwe lineziqithi ezincinane ezintlanu: iMalta, iGozo, iComino, iComino, neFierfra.Phakathi kwazo, iMalta inommandla omkhulu oneekhilomitha ezingama-245. Unxweme luziikhilomitha ezili-180 ubude. Umhlaba wesiqithi seMalta uphezulu entshona kwaye usezantsi empuma, uneenduli ezingenamanzi kunye nezitya ezincinci eziphakathi, ngaphandle kwamahlathi, imilambo okanye amachibi, kunye nokungabikho kwamanzi amatsha. IMalta inemozulu eshushu eseMeditera. Abantu abangama-401,200 ngaphesheya kweMalta (2004). Ngokusisiseko iMalta, ukubalwa kwe-90% yabemi bebonke, abanye ngama-Arabhu, amaTaliyane, amaBritane, njl. Iilwimi ezisemthethweni sisiMalta nesiNgesi. UbuKatolika yinkolo yelizwe, kwaye bambalwa abantu abakholelwa kubuProtestanti bobuKrestu nakwiCawa yama-Greek Orthodox.

Ukusuka kwi-10 ukuya kwinkulungwane ye-8 BC, amaFenike akudala ahlala apha. Kwakulawulwa ngamaRoma ngo-218 BC. Yayihlala ngokulandelelana ngama-Arabhu kunye namaNorman ukusukela kwinkulungwane ye-9. Ngo-1523, iiKnights zaseSt. John yaseJerusalem zafudukela apha zisuka eRhodes. Ngo-1789, umkhosi waseFransi wagxotha iiKnights. Yathathwa yi-Bhritane ngonyaka we-1800 kwaye yaba yithanga lase-Bhritane ngo-1814. Ifumene inqanaba elithile lokuzimela ukusuka ku-1947-1959 ukuya ku-1961, kwaye yabhengeza ngokusesikweni inkululeko yayo ngo-Septemba 21, 1964, njengelungu le-Commonwealth.

Iflegi yesizwe: Yixande kunye nomyinge wobude kububanzi be-3: 2. Umphezulu weflegi unamacala amabini alinganayo alinganayo, amhlophe ngasekhohlo kwaye abomvu ngasekunene; ikona ephezulu ekhohlo inepateni yesilivere-ngwevu yeGeorge Cross enomda obomvu. Umhlophe ubonakalisa ubunyulu kwaye ubomvu ubonakalisa igazi lamagorha. Imvelaphi yomfuziselo kaGeorge Cross: Abantu baseMalta balwa ngenkalipho ngexesha leMfazwe yesibini (II) yeHlabathi kwaye basebenzisana nemikhosi emanyeneyo yokutyumza umthetho wamaJamani nowamaTaliyane. Ngo-1942, bawongwa uMnqamlezo nguKing George VI waseNgilani. Emva kwexesha, uyilo lwembasa lwatsalwa kwiflegi yesizwe, kwaye xa iMalta yazimela ngo-1964, kongezwa umda obomvu macala onke kuyilo lweembasa.

I-Valletta : I-Valletta (iValletta) yidolophu enkulu yeRiphabhlikhi yaseMalta kunye nesixeko esidumileyo senkcubeko yaseYurophu. Yatsalwa yinkokheli yesithandathu ye-Knights yase-St. Ebizwa emva kweValette, liziko lesizwe lezopolitiko, inkcubeko kunye nentengiso. Inezinto ezininzi ezinomdla, ezinje nge "City of the Knights of St. John", "Great Baroque Masterpiece", "City of European Art" njalo njalo. Abemi bamalunga nabantu abangama-7,100 (2004).

Isixeko saseValletta senziwe ngumncedisi kaMichelangelo uFrancisco La Palelli. Ukwenza umsebenzi wokuzikhusela, kukho umlindi weFort Saint Elmo ngasemva kolwandle, iDineburg kunye neFort Manuel zingasekhohlo kwetheku, kwaye izixeko ezithathu zakudala zikhuselwe ngasekunene.Ukhuselo lwaseFloriana lwakhiwe kwicala lesango lesixeko esingasemva. Iinqaba zibeka uValletta kwindawo ephambili. Izakhiwo zesixeko zibekwe kakuhle kwaye zininzi iindawo ezinembali. Phambi kwesango lesixeko kukho umthombo "wooLwandle abathathu" (eyakhiwa ngo-1959), ihotele yaseFenike; esixekweni kukho iMyuziyam yeSizwe yeArchaeological, iArt Gallery, iManuel Theatre, Ibhotwe leKnights (okwangoku yiNdlu kaMongameli) eyakhiwe ngo-1571, kunye nesakhiwo Izakhiwo zamandulo ezifana neSt. John's Cathedral ngo-1578. I-St. John's Cathedral, isakhiwo esiqhelekileyo se-Renaissance, sithathwa njengophawu lweValletta. Igadi yeChancellery (Upper Bakra Garden) ecaleni kwesixeko ijonge eDagang.

Izakhiwo zedolophu zibekwe ngokucocekileyo, nezitalato ezimxinwa nezithe nkqo.Izakhiwo kumacala omabini zenziwe ngelitye lekalika elikhethekileyo eMalta.Azimhlophe-mhlophe, zinesimbo esomeleleyo sokwakha sase-Middle East saseArabia kwaye sikhulu kwizimbo zokwakha zezinye izixeko eMalaysia. iimpembelelo. Uhlobo lwesakhiwo seBaroque sakhiwe ngokudibeneyo kunye neefom zokwakha zasekuhlaleni.Kukho izakhiwo ezingama-320 zakudala ezinobugcisa bokwakha kunye nexabiso lembali.Sonke isixeko lilifa lemveli elixabisekileyo loluntu.Ladweliswa yiZizwe eziManyeneyo zezeMfundo, iSayensi kunye neNkcubeko ngo-1980. Uluhlu lweNkcubeko kunye neNdalo kwiLifa leMveli loKhuseleko

IValletta ingqongwe ziintaba nemilambo, inemozulu entle kwaye inendawo eyingqayizivele.Izolile kwaye intofontofo, ngaphandle kwesiphithiphithi sezixeko ezikhulu, kwaye kungekho nomsi nothuli oluvela kumashishini amakhulu, ungcoliseko oluphantsi kunye nokuhamba okufanelekileyo Intengiso iyachuma, intlalo ilungile, kwaye iindleko zokuhamba ziphantsi. Intwasahlobo iza kwangoko apha.Xa iYurophu isesesesizini sexesha elinzima lobusika kunye namawaka eekhilomitha zomkhenkce, uValletta sele eqhakaza entwasahlobo naselangeni, kwaye uninzi lwabantu baseYurophu beza apha ukuza kuchitha ubusika. Ehlotyeni, isibhakabhaka sinelanga, impepho yolwandle iyacotha, kwaye akukho hlotyana lupholileyo.Nolwandle olucacileyo kunye nesanti ethambileyo, yindawo elungileyo yokuqubha, ukuhamba ngephenyane kunye nokuqubha ilanga. Akukho ndawo eMalta enokubonakalisa ubomi baseMalta ngcono kuneValletta. Isixeko esixakekileyo ngexesha lasemini sigcina umoya opholileyo; izakhiwo ezindala zaseYurophu ezikwiindlela ezimxinwa, iicawa ezinyanisekileyo, kunye namabhotwe amnandi abonisa iValletta yamandulo nebukekayo.