Мальта – маленькое островное государство, расположенное в центре
Средиземного моря, между Европой и Северной Африкой. Этот
густонаселенный остров расположен в 90-95 км к югу от Сицилии, восточнее
Туниса и севернее Ливии. Остров Мальта входит в состав Мальтийского
архипелага, состоящего из семи островов, из которых лишь три являются
обитаемыми. В силу своего стратегического расположения в Средиземном
море Мальта издавна очень часто подвергалась нападению со стороны
иноземных захватчиков - сицилийцев, римлян, финикийцев, византийцев и
т.д. Однако история Мальты неразрывно связана с рыцарями Ордена Святого
Иоанна, управлявшими островом 268 лет.
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Malta – the small island state located in the center of the Mediterranean Sea between Europe and North Africa. This densely populated island is located in 90-95 km to the South from Sicily, to the east of Tunisia and to the north of Libya. The island of Malta is a part of the Maltese archipelago consisting of seven islands from which only three are manned. Owing to the strategic arrangement in the Mediterranean Sea Malta long since very often was attacked from overseas aggressors - by Sicilians, Romans, Phoenicians, Byzantines, etc. However the history of Malta is inseparably linked with the knights of the Award of Saint Ioann operating the island of 268 years.
Malta – the small island state located in the center of the Mediterranean Sea between Europe and North Africa. This densely populated island is located in 90-95 km to the South from Sicily, to the east of Tunisia and to the north of Libya. The island of Malta is a part of the Maltese archipelago consisting of seven islands from which only three are manned. Owing to the strategic arrangement in the Mediterranean Sea Malta long since very often was attacked from overseas aggressors - by Sicilians, Romans, Phoenicians, Byzantines, etc. However the history of Malta is inseparably linked with the knights of the Award of Saint Ioann operating the island of 268 years.
