Floriana - Mall and Maglio Gardens
In the mid 16th century, French knight Jean Lascaris built a narrow enclosure in what is now Maglio Gardens, for the ball game palla a maglio, or pall-mall and placed a Latin stanza above on its wall. The enclosure was demolished.
Today the mall and gardens begin behind the impressive Independence Monument, which replaced the grand and much-moved statue of Grand Master de Vilhena.
Today the mall and gardens begin behind the impressive Independence Monument, which replaced the grand and much-moved statue of Grand Master de Vilhena.
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The 400-meter-long, narrow gardens are punctuated with statues of Maltese luminaries. The football field to the right of the statues was the old British military parade ground.
To the left of the gardens are the Granaries. You can still see the lids of the wood-lined underground grain stores in which the Order preserved two year's supply.
To the left of the gardens are the Granaries. You can still see the lids of the wood-lined underground grain stores in which the Order preserved two year's supply.
