1. By: Mitchell Taylor and Toni Petrov

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this is Gozo
And this is Comino

4. The euro notes
The euro cent and coins

5. The Maltese flag
Then there is the Maltese language

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Valletta is the capital of Malta, colloquially
known as Il-Belt (English: The City) in Maltese.
It is located in the central-eastern portion of the
island of Malta, and the historical city has a
population of 6,966.[1] Valletta is the second
southernmost capital of the EU member states
after Nicosia.

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is a megalithic temple complex found on the Mediterranean island of Malta,
dating from the Ġgantija phase (3600-3200 BC).[1] The Megalithic Temples of
Malta are among the most ancient religious sites on Earth,[2] described by
the World Heritage Sites committee as "unique architectural
masterpieces."[3] In 1992 UNESCO recognized Ħaġar Qim and four other
Maltese megalithic structures as World Heritage Sites.[4] Vere Gordon
Childe, Professor of Prehistoric European Archeology and director of the
Institute of Archaeology in the University of London from 1946-1957[5]
visited Ħaġar Qim. His observation was:
I have been visiting the prehistoric ruins all round the Mediterranean, from
Mesopotamia to Egypt, Greece and Switzerland, but I have nowhere seen a
place as old as this one.[6]
—Vere Gordon Childe, Professor of Prehistoric European Archeology
Ħaġar Qim's builders used globigerina limestone in the temple's
construction.[7] As a result of this, the temple has suffered from severe
weathering and surface flaking over the millennia.[7] In 2009 work was
completed on a protective tent

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is a prehistorical cul de sac located on the outskirts
of Birżebbuġa, Malta containing the bone remains
of animals that were stranded and subsequently
became extinct on Malta at the end of the Ice age. It
has lent its name to the Għar Dalam phase in
Maltese prehistory.
Dwarf elephant, hippopotamus, deer and bear
bone deposits found there are of different ages; the
hippopotamuses became extinct about 180,000
years ago, whilst the deer species became extinct
much later, about 18,000 years ago. It is also here
that the earliest evidence of human settlement on
Malta, some 7,400 years ago, was discovered.

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12 February 1880 - 26 July
1962 was a Maltese Roman
Catholic priest who founded
the Society of Christian
Doctrine,[a] a society of lay
catechists. In Malta, he is
affectionately known as "Dun
Ġorġ" and is popularly
referred to as the "Second
Apostle of Malta", after Paul
of Tarsus. He was canonized
on 3 June 2007 by Pope
Benedict XVI.

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Pastizzi are a Maltese food made up of
diamond shape pastries filled with either
ricotta (similar to Italian ricotta but less
dense) or slightly spicy pea filling, known
respectively in Maltese as pastizzi ta' lirkotta and pastizzi tal-pizelli. The pastry is
made using a puff-pastry like dough that
crumbles delicously especially when the
pastizzi are served freshly baked in the
various pastizzerias dotted around Malta
and Gozo. A visit to Malta would not be
complete without tasting a few!
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Pastizzi can be eaten at anytime of the day
as a quick snack with hot or cold
beverages. Other pastizzi variants made of
beef and spinach fillings also exist
although these are not commonly sold in
Malta. Sometimes pastizzi are referred to
as Maltese cheesecakes or ricotta
cheesecakes, a slightly misleading term
since cheesecakes are usually sweet not
savoury like pastizzi. Pastizzi are also
available outside of Malta, most notably in
Australia, Canada and the UK.

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One of the traditional Maltese Easter treats is
the figolla; figolli in plural. The traditional
Maltese “figolli” are almond pastries that are
cut out to look like symbolic figures. The
figolli are traditionally baked and eaten at the
time of Easter. If you can not obtain these
pastries it is quite easy to make them
yourself. You can also make your own
templates, like sheep, out of cardboard. The
traditional shapes of figolli are men, women,
fish and baskets; the last probably being
symbols of fertility. Recently new forms have
been added to the traditional such as; cars,
lambs and butterflies. The shapes of humans
are easily identified by the old-fashioned
paper faces that are stuck on the icing.
Another traditional decoration is the Easter
egg wrapped in bright colours.

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(4 February 1495[?], Parisot, Rouergue 21 August 1568, Malta) was a French
nobleman and 49th Grand Master of the
Order of Malta, from 1557 to 1568. As a
Knight Hospitaller, joining the order in
the Langue de Provence, he fought with
distinction against the Turks at Rhodes.
As Grand Master, Valette became the
Order's hero and most illustrious leader,
commanding the resistance against the
Ottomans at the Great Siege of Malta in
1565, widely regarded as one of the
greatest sieges of all time.[citation
needed] He became Grand Master of the
Knights Hospitaller on 21 August 1557.

14. By: Mitchell Taylor and Toni Petrov