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title: "La Valette"
description: "La Valette"
url: "https://en.geneanum.com/malta/documents/geography/ile-de-malte/grand-port/la-valette"
language: en
source: "Digital Genealogy"
---

# La Valette

## Overview

![Locality of La Valette in Malta](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Valletta-map.svg/250px-Valletta-map.svg.png "Locality of La Valette in Malta")

**La Valette** (*Valletta* in Maltese and English) is the capital of the Republic of Malta.

It is a XVI^(th) century city comprising numerous buildings from the era of the Knights of the Order of Saint John of Jerusalem, who governed the island for two and a half centuries. With 320 monuments over an area of 55 hectares, La Valette constitutes the highest historical concentration in the world.

The population of La Valette in 2008 is 6,098 inhabitants.

This natural port, one of the deepest in Europe, was located at the crossroads of maritime routes.

### Other names

La Valette, Valetta, Ċittà Umilissima

## Churches

- [Porto Salvo](/malta/documents/geography/ile-de-malte/grand-port/la-valette/porto-salvo.html "Porto Salvo")
- [St Paul Le Naufragé](/malta/documents/geography/ile-de-malte/grand-port/la-valette/st-paul-le-naufrage.html "St Paul Le Naufragé")

> Source :  
> [Wikipedia](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Valette "Wikipedia")