Hospitaller Malta, known in Maltese history as the Knights' Period, was a de facto state which existed between 1530 and 1806 when the Mediterranean islands of Malta and Gozo were ruled by the Order of
Re-enactment of military drills of the Knights at Fort Saint Elmo in 2005
View of Fort Saint Angelo
Wignacourt Aqueduct at Birkirkara
Wignacourt Tower, the oldest surviving watchtower in Malta
Fra' Jean "Parisot" de Valette was a French nobleman and 49th Grand Master of the Order of Malta, from 21 August 1557 to his death in 1568. As a Knight Hospitaller, joining the order in the Langue de
La Valette's armour at the Palace Armoury.
Pjazza Jean de Valette, Valletta.
The new square in Valletta named after the Grandmaster uses the name de Valette instead of de La Valette
explanation of Piazza de Valette