Republic Street, Valletta
Republic Street, historically known as Strada Reale or Kingsway, is a principal street in the capital city of Valletta, Malta. It is about 1 kilometer long and is known for legislative, judiciary and commercial purposes. It is mostly pedestrianised.
Republic Street
Kingsway, Valletta in the 1910s. Other interesting features include a little girl in a għonnella, a mobile barrel (water cart) douching the street is in the middle of the road, boaters on men, an officer wearing a light coloured uniform - possibly a policeman. On the right side, the Pohoomull Brothers' store offering 'Oriental textiles', set up in 1887; they were the predecessors of many other Indian Maltese families. The next shop toward St.Elmo is "A' La Ville de Londres". The shop windows are covered to protect the items from the sun.
Strada Reale in 1859
Bartoli Galea's establishment on Kingsway, 1880 (later A la ville de Londres)
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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