Explore Mdina in 1550

Historic Places, Rebuilt · City reconstruction

Mdina, the Old Capital, 1550

Mdina in 1550 sits as Malta’s old capital on its defensible ridge, diminished in political power since the Hospitallers settled at the coast but still the island’s centre of noble households and ecclesiastical authority. The walk shows thick limestone walls and gates, narrow sun-bent lanes, escutcheoned noble doorways and the cathedral’s towers, with carob and wheat fields falling away to the distant harbours.

14 scenes, 9 streets, squares and views, 5 interiors to step inside. Planned from the Wikipedia record of Mdina as it stood in 1550 (“Mdina”).