Malta UNESCO Sites in Pictures

Malta’s UNESCO heritage in photos: a fortress city and a golden church. Valletta was built by the Knights of St John after the Great Siege of 1565. Its grid of streets sits behind mighty bastions high above the Grand Harbour. The whole city is a World Heritage Site. In its centre, St. John’s Co-Cathedral looks plain from outside, but inside it glows with gold and Baroque art. Look down at the floor of marble tombstones, and see Caravaggio’s famous painting of the beheading of St John. All photos come from sites we have visited and described. Open any place to see it on the map, check the weather and plan how to get there.