Malta

The Island of the Knights

5 days

​Testimony and Valletta (in Maltese known like Il Belt Valletta) is the first example. The amazing landscape of the Porto Grande (il-Port il-Kbir), natural port and used from Phoenician time, from gardens of the Upper Barracca. The visit proceeds with the Cathedral of Saint Giovanni Battista, from the marble floor of rare beauty. It guards 2 masterpieces of Caravaggio: the “Decollazione di San Giovanni Battista” (oil painting on canvas 361x520 cm) and “San Girolamo scrivente”  (oil painting on canvas 117x157 cm) both from 1608 year...                   

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