skip navigation The Library of Congress >> Global Gateway >> Portals to the World >> Malta
 
Portals to the World: Links to Electronic Resources from Around the World selected by Library of Congress Subject Experts
Selected Internet Resources

History: Malta

Created and maintained by the
 European Division
Collections and Services Directorate

Links to resources for the study of Maltese history.


Department of Information. Malta Through the Ages (http://www.doi.gov.mt/EN/islands/ages.asp)
Provides information (descriptive timeline) about the history of Malta from pre-history to the early 21st century.

Hal Saflieni Hypogeum (1982) (http://worldheritagesite.org/sites/halsaflienihypogeum.html)
Information about this UNESCO World Heritage site.

Hill Museum & Manuscript Library. Malta Study Center (http://www.hmml.org/centers/malta/malta_start.html)
The Center maintains a microfilm collection of more than 16,000 documents and dossiers of documents from Malta, covering the period from the twelfth to the twentieth centuries. The materials include the Archives of the Knights of Malta, the Cathedral Museum in Mdina, the Archives of the Inquisition, ecclesiastical records of the dioceses of Malta and Gozo, and musical compositions. The Center sponsors digitization projects to preserve the history of Malta and the Knights of St. John . Provides a chronology of Maltese history; a history of the Order of Saint John, publications, and more.

The Knights Hospitallers (http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Olympus/9767/hospitallers.html)
Known also as the Knights of Malta. Site provides information and chronological table of the order's history.

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). World Heritage: Malta (http://whc.unesco.org/en/statesparties/mt)
Links to Malta's cultural properties inscribed on the World Heritage list as well as properties submitted on the tentative list.

  Suggest a Link

  Selected European Internet Resources - European Reading Room

  Library of Congress   >> Global Gateway >> Portals to the World >> Malta
  June 9, 2009
Ask a Librarian
Disclaimer for External Links