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Victoria Lines
The Victoria Lines were built by the British to divide the mainland midway for defensive purposes.  A fort, on top left, is now in ruins. Below the fort we find some punic tombs, the area was once used as a Jewish ghetto.
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Village of Mgarr
The village of Mgarr - a typical village where a domed church dominates the centre.  In the foreground, the fertile land of Bingemma.
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Il-Madonna tal-Iter
A chapel dedicated to our Lady of the Way, a fairly common dedication in the seventeenth century. The chapel was built in 1681, and is but one of many small chapels that dot the Maltese countryside. I'm sitting on the doorstep enjoying the February sun!
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Verdala Castle
The castle of Verdala, built by the Grandmaster of the Order of St John who gave it its name.  It's right in the centre of the Boschetto, woods planted by the Knights.  The castle is now the private summer residence of the President of Malta.
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Clapham Junction, Dingli
A fairly unknown part of Malta in the limits of Buskett in Dingli.  These are the cave dwellings of Clapham Junction.  These caves were inhabited by up to 80 people at one time up until the nineteenth century, when they were vacated by the British for sanitary reasons.  In the last century farmers would use them for the upkeep of livestock. 
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