Uncategorized – Anne Visits Malta

Intro and welcome:

Dear Blogger: Thank you for visiting Annevisitsmalta.com, I created this blog for two reasons. First, I wanted to introduce bloggers to the island of my birth, Malta, a small country in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea. There was a time when no one knew about Malta but with recent cruising it has become a popular stop. The second reason is that this blog accompanies a book I recently wrote Return to Malta. It was suggested that photographs here are a much better choice than photographs on the printed page.

I am not an accomplished computer person and as such, I have made a mistake that, I am told, I am unable to rectify. I started the blogs with an introduction and continued, until I was finished. The problem is that now, as you see my blog, you end up starting with the last entry and continue until you get to the first.

It makes more sense to start with the beginning so I’m asking you to please scroll down to the end and start there. I have contacted WordPress to see if they can fix this issue but in all this time I have received no positive answer.

I know you’ll enjoy this journey through Malta. Thank you for stopping by.

Anne Pflug

Hal Saflieni Hypogeum

Photos taken from Heritage Malta brochure. No cameras allowed on the premises. — Rock cut imitation of architecture in the Main Hall

6000 year old underground cave paintings

The Hal Saflieni Hypogeum is the oldest underground burial site in Malta. At 6000 years old, it is considered older than Stonehenge and the Egyptian Pyramids. Malta has many of these old structures but this Hypogeum is the only underground burial site. It is located in Paola, very near the Tarxien Temples I discussed in the previous blog.

A UNESCO World Heritage site, this is one of the “must see” prehistoric structures in Malta. More information is included in Day 5 of my book Return to Malta, available from Amazon.

Photos are taken from the Heritage Malta brochure. Cameras were not allowed inside the structure.

This blog annevisitsmalta.com enhances my book Return to Malta by visiting most of the places mentioned in the book with color photos. The book is available through Amazon and other book stores.

Be sure to visit my other blog: annepflugcom.wordpress.com

The Church Ceiling in Mosta

photo by Anne Pflug — The repaired dome in the church in Mosta

During World War II, a bomb fell through the dome of this church but did not explode. The Maltese people thought it was a miracle and neutralized the bomb and now have it on display. If you look carefully, you will see where the bomb had fallen through and where the dome was repaired. If you divide the decorated dome into quadrants, you can see the ‘not so perfect’ repair job in the upper left quadrant. I have a feeling that it wasn’t repaired perfectly so that all who look up can see this evidence of this miracle.

This blog annevisitsmalta.com enhances my book Return to Malta by visiting most of the places mentioned in the book with color photos. The book is available through Amazon and other book stores.

Be sure to visit my other blog: annepflugcom.wordpress.com