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10 creative works found

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  Bormla in festa mood
  by M G Pettett

  The town of Cospicua (Bormla to the Maltese) in the island of Malta celebrates its feast day (festa) on the 8th December (the feast of the Immaculate Conception) and here it is on that day in all its splendour. Pentax K 10D.

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  Fort St Angelo from Cospicua
  by M G Pettett

  Another view of the fort, this time in daylight. When the Knights of St. John came to Malta from Rhodes in 1530 they chose this fort as their main military stronghold. There was probably a Phoenicean temple to Astarte on this site before the fort was built, but the date of construction of the original fort is unknown. It was almost certainly ancient when the Knghts arrived. The creek where the yachts are moored was the scene of a pitched battle during the Great Siege of Malta (1565). The Turks who had overrun Senglea on the left, tried to swim across and mount an attack on the fort, but were stopped by the Maltese who dived into the water from the fort side and cut them to pieces in a hand-to-hand battle. / These creeks form part of the Grand Harbour, one of the finest in the Mediterranean. The peninsula of Valletta (the capital) lies shaded in the background. Pentax K 10D

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  Harris Hawk
  by M G Pettett

  This magnificent bird is one of the inhabitants of the Malta Falconry Centre. It is apparently very easy to train and so is a popular falconry “beginner’s bird”. It is native to much of South and Central America and the southern part of North America. The MFC takes great care in animal welfare, and apart from offering courses and educational sessions, it rescues injured birds brought in from the wild. Falconry in Malta dates back to the 13th century; the Maltese falcon was a highly prized bird. The title of the classic film “The Maltese Falcon” was based (in a roundabout way) on a historical fact. Pentax K 10D

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  Slipway
  by M G Pettett

  I just liked the colours in this picture taken at Marsaxlokk fishing village, Malta. Pentax K 10D.

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  A sad end...
  by M G Pettett

  ...for an old luzzu (pron. lootsoo), or Maltese fishing boat. Taken at Marsaxlokk,a fishing port in the southeast of Malta. Pentax K10D.

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  Band club
  by M G Pettett

  The facade of the De Paule Philharmonic Society’s premises in Paola, Malta, decorated for Christmas 2008. These band clubs are very popular in Maltese society – apart from providing the musical accompaniment to the celebrations of the feast of the town or village’s patron saint, they take part in or provide many other social functions. The premises are often elaborately decorated for the major feasts. Pentax K10D.

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  Last days
  by M G Pettett

  Malta. Another old Marsaxlokk boat in the sunset of its existence…. Pentax K10D.

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  St. Nicholas Square, Siġġiewi, Malta.
  by M G Pettett

  This square contains the imposing baroque church dedicated to the same saint, and finished in 1693, while the statue of this saint, St. Nicholas of Bari, was finished in 1732. Taken on a January night in Siġġiewi, Malta, Maltese archipelago. Pentax K10D.

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  Auberge de Castille
  by M G Pettett

  When the Knights of St. John of Jerusalem, Rhodes and Malta constructed Valletta (the capital of Malta) in the 16th century, they built these edifices in order to house those knights with no homes of their own in Malta, and to put up visiting dignitaries in the style to which they were accustomed. Almost every langue of the order had its own auberge, and the knights of each one were entrusted with the defence of a particular section of the bastions which surround the city. This auberge housed the knights of Castille, Leon and Portugal, was finished in 1574 and remodelled in the 18th century. It next served as the headquarters first of the French military, then of the British army in Malta, and today is the office of the Prime Minister. Fujifilm F50fd.

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  Countryside near St. Neot
  by M G Pettett

  The beautiful village in the title is on the edge of Bodmin Moor in central Cornwall, UK. Picture taken in early March. Pentax K10D. Photomatix/Serif PhotoPlus used to create this HDR picture.