In 2012, a square was inaugurated in Valletta, named Pjazza Jean de Valette, featuring a statue of the 49th, and probably most well-known, Grand Master of the Order of the Knights of St. John. It was ...

LBM Breweries Limited have launched the 1565 Victory lager, a new local premium lager on the market. LBM said the 1565 Victory lager commemorates the victory of Grand Master La Valette over the ...

As Malta welcomes back Jean Parisot de Valette's dagger after more than 200 years, Sarah Carabott looks at the historical and cultural background of the artefact. The Grand Master's dagger has ...

It was a matter of life or death on Malta from March 1565, when word arrived that ageing sultan Suleyman the Magnificent intended a final assault on the Knights of St John. Enmity between Suleyman and ...