Humillima Civitas Vallettᴂ - from Mount Xebb-er-ras to European Capital of Culture

 An eclectic collection of papers on the city of Valletta, touching different aspects of the city’s storyline throughout the centuries. From its 16th-century inception with its innovative urban construction to a Smart Historic City, the reader gets a glimpse of the colourful history of Valletta. This is aptly described by Marquis Nicholas de Piro in the publication’s Foreword: “We have thirty-five of our most pungent historians well-armed with talent, credibility and sound reputation to give us a focused and entertaining taste of the life and times of Valletta, a city seen on the Grand Tour, a city bombed and a city resurrected with much of her glory intact.”