The Upper Barrakka Lift

The Upper Barrakka Lift

  • On 27 March 2021
The original Upper Barrakka Lift was one of two proposed as a vertical transport with the introduction of the tramway in Malta, was completed in September 1905 and launched in the following December. The cost was £5,000. The lift was 200feet high and its total weight was some 75 tons. Each cabin carried twelve passengers. […]
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Triton Square

Triton Square

  • On 27 March 2021
The main fortifications of Valletta  were separated by a deep ditch, and Porta Reale was covered by a Piazza d’Armi and a ravelin. During the 17th century, Valletta’s fortifications were strengthened with the construction of f four counterguards along the landfront, as well as by St. Magdalene’s Ravelin, with a small ditch separated the ravelin […]
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