This blog is dedicated to Malta - my island home. My aim is not to bore you with history but to share my thoughts and a few facts together with a photo or two. For a more in -depth background of the island please go. Sunday, April 26, 2015. And Hagar Qim temples and Wied iz-Zurrieq.

Culture, History and Sightseeing. Looking for inspiration of where to visit on your next trip? We have compiled a list of the Top 10 holiday destinations visited by Azure members, this year, to give you a helping hand. This is where you will find everything you need if you .

The MAW offers a rich collection of period artifacts and memorabilia ranging from personal items, documents, medals, uniforms and weaponry. It also features numerous period newsreels and sounds, hands-on inte.

NEXT SPECIAL EVENT AT the Saluting Battery. At The Saluting Battery, Valletta. It was formed in October 1987 and is responsible for a rich array of cultural heritage sites that together span some 7,000 years of continued history.

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Daily gun firings at 12. 00hrs, Guided and audio-guide tours available. Large military historical re-enactment including cavalry display and live artillery firing at 14. Bookings at the Saluting Battery or the Lascaris War Rooms. Volunteers are important for our work.

Operation Ladbroke and the glider assault on Syracuse, Sicily. Stories and history of Operation Ladbroke, the Allied invasion of Sicily, and airborne forces in World War 2. In the following days further airborne assaults were intended to hold open a corridor for the Eighth Army, as it advanced up the coast of Sicily seizing port after port. Operation Ladbroke was the first mass use of gliders by the Allies, and m.

Sunday, 23 October 2016. Was there to check it out. We know that the world loves Belgian chocolate, but what about giving a Maltese one a try? The locations incl.