City Gate (Valletta)
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City Gate is a gate located at the entrance of Valletta, Malta. The present gate, which is the fifth one to have stood on the site, was built between 2011 and 2014 to designs of the Italian architect Renzo Piano.
City Gate in 2019
1910 painting of the bridge leading to City Gate
17th-century drawbridge believed to originate from the second city gate, now exhibited at the Fortifications Interpretation Centre
Kingsgate in the early 1900s
Valletta
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Valletta is the capital city of Malta and one of its 68 council areas. Located between the Grand Harbour to the east and Marsamxett Harbour to the west, its population as of 2021 was 5,157. As Malta’s capital city, it is a commercial centre for shopping, bars, dining, and café life. It is also the southernmost capital of Europe, and at just 0.61 square kilometres (0.24 sq mi), it is the European Union's smallest capital city.
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