Arts has moved! You can find new stories here. SlateWell-traveledDispatches from the front lines of travel.July 8 2011 5:07 PM Welcome to Malta Malta’s capital, Valletta. As seen from the nearby city of Sliema. Photograph by John Swansburg. Lord Byron, who visited Malta in 1809 and again in 1811, complained of having to scale Valletta’s steep streets. Photograph by John Swansburg. One of the antiques in Malta’s ragtag bus fleet. Photograph by John Swansburg. A statue, probably of the emperor Claudius. Found in the Domus Romana, a Roman peristyle villa excavated outside the walls of Malta’s ancient capital of Mdina. Photograph by Happy Menocal.CREDIT: Detail of a mosaic floor at the Domus Romana. Photograph by Happy Menocal. St. Paul’s Cathedral, in Mdina. As seen from the roof of the Palazzo Falson. Photograph by John Swansburg.CREDIT: Colorful window boxes are a common feature of Malta’s limestone row houses. Photograph by Happy Menocal.CREDIT: The Maltese language is a strange blend of Arabic and Italian. Its words feature unexpected quantities of Z's and J's. Photograph by John Swansburg. A can of Diet Kinnie. The low-calorie version of Malta’s national soda. It tastes like a Campari and soda. Photograph by John Swansburg. The parish church of the town of Paola. Photograph by John Swansburg.CREDIT: Christ bearing the cross, parish church of Paola. Return to the article, "Malta: 10 Days, 6,000 Years of History" Photograph by John Swansburg.CREDIT: Load Comments Powered by Livefyre
