Republic Street, Valletta
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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
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)
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
Republic Street, Valletta
…kilometer long (0.6 miles) and is known for legislative, judiciary and commercial purposes. It is mostly pedestrianised. Republic Street extends from City Gate towards the granaries at Fort St. Elmo. In its downward course the main street runs perpendicular with several other streets given Valletta's grid…
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