[2025 Valletta Attraction] Travel Guide for National War Museum - Fort St Elmo (Updated Feb)

As you wander around Floriana and Valletta you may stumble across some open, stone paved areas covered in circular stone slabs. They may seem quite strange and you may wonder what they are; well these are in fact granaries. The stone slabs you can see are actually the tops or lids . The granaries pictured are actually right at the end of the aptly named Grain Street, just outside the old main entrance to Fort Saint Elmo. The granaries were built in the 17th and 18th centuries to be able to provide storage within the fortifications in case of a siege. #celebrateit #mediterranean #valletta

Fort Saint Elmo has a long and intriguing history. It started off as a simple watchout post built in 1488 but following Ottoman raids it was decided that a major expansion was necessary, and 1552 a huge fort was built. During the 1565 great siege of Malta, Fort Elmo was a site of major battles the fort withstood the siege of the Ottomans for 28 days. After the siege a new fort was built and then modified during the 17th century. Under the British rule the fort was once again modified in the 1800s, remaining use as a military barracks until 1972, presently it holds the National War Museum. #celebrateit #malta #mediterranean #fort

Valetta, the capital of the tiny island of Malta has an incredible history for a such a small capital. Whilst wandering around the cities narrow streets you can’t help but be taken in by that history. Wonder at the military history of the nation at Fort St Elmo Watch the fireworks, sunset or daily cannon from Barrakka gardens. Take a boat across Valletta’s famous waterfront. Or witness the splendour of St John’s co-cathedral home to a Caravaggio masterpiece ##malta ##unescosite