List of streets and piazzas in Valletta

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Below is a list some streets and piazzas (squares) in Valletta , the capital city of Malta.

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Main thoroughfares

Piazzas

A piazza (Maltese : pjazza, misraħ) is a public square. A number of formerly existing square in Valletta no longer exist. [2]

Bastions

Historical names of Valletta's streets and squares

OriginalInformalFrenchBritishBritish post-1926Maltese [4] [5]
Porta di San GiorgioPorte NationalePorta RealeKingsgatePutirjal/Bieb il-Belt
Piazza San GiorgioPiazza dei CavallieriPlace de la LibertéPalace SquarePjazza San Ġorġ
Piazza dei CavallieriPiazza della CittàPlace de l'EgalitéPiazza Regina [6] Victoria Square Pjazza Repubblika
Strada San GiorgioStrada delle CorseRue NationaleStrada RealeKingsway Triq ir-Repubblika
Strada San GiacomoStrada di CastigliaRue de MarchandsStrada MercantiMerchants StreetTriq il-Merkanti
Strada San LuigiStrada Sant’AloisioRue de la ConstitutionStrada LevanteEast StreetTriq il-Lvant
Strada San Paolo-Rue de la ConstitutionStrada San PaoloSt Paul StreetTriq San Pawl
Strada San PietroStrada della Chiesa di San RoccoRue de la BarraqueStrada St UrsulaSt Ursula StreetTriq Sant’Ursula
Strada San Giovanni Battista-Rue des FoursStrada ForniOld Bakery StreetTriq l-Ifran
Strada San SebastianoStrada ToroRue de la MonnaieStrada ZeccaOld Mint StreetTriq Żekka
Strada StrettaStrada VanellaRue EtroiteStrada StrettaStrait StreetTriq id-Dejqa
Strada PiaStrada del Gran FalconiereRue de la Félicité PubliqueStrada BritannicaBritannia StreetTriq Melita
Strada di MonteStrada dei CarceratiRue de PeupleStrada San GiovanniSt John StreetTriq San Ġwann / In-Niżla tal-Ganċ
Strada del PopoloStrada di Aragona / Strada dei GreciRue des LibérateursStrada VescovoArchbishop StreetTriq l-Arċisqof

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References

  1. Christopher Street in Valletta was first named "Strada della Fontana" as a spring or fountain of fresh water was struck in its vicinity whilst a well for the storage of water was being excavated during the building of Valletta. The French Republican Government altered the name to "Rue des Droits de l'Homme". The British Colonial Government then changed the name to "Strada Cristoforo"; Victor F. Denaro, The Houses of Valletta, Malta, 1967.
  2. Bonello, Giovanni (2000). Art in Malta - Discoveries and Recoveries Archived 2016-08-28 at the Wayback Machine . Fondazzjoni Patrimonju Malti. p. 51. ISBN   99909-959-7-4. ISBN   99909-959-8-2.
  3. 1 2 1929 Map of Valletta
  4. times of Malta
  5. Cilia Lacorte
  6. During British pre-1926 (and possibly even after that) Republic Square was known as Piazza Tesoreria not Piazza Regina. Piazza Regina was what is now known as Castille Place.