Rabat is a village just outside Mdina. Rabat is the Semitic word for ‘suburb’: and Rabat was a suburb of the old capital. Half of the village core is part of the old Roman city of Melita. The Apostolic Nunciature of the Holy See in Malta is located in the village. The Catacombs of St. [...]
A visit to Mdina, the capital of Malta before Valletta, is like a visit back to the days when the Arab’s controlled Malta. The name Mdina comes from the Arabic word ‘medina’ meaning ‘city’. Mdina sits high on the rocky cliffs of Malta and was fortified in medieval times. The Arab legacy can still be [...]