Upper Barrakka Gardens
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The Upper Barrakka Gardens (Il-Barrakka ta' Fuq) is a public garden
in Valletta
, Malta
. It offers a panoramic view of the Grand Harbour
.
Valletta's most beautiful park, already 1775 on the bastion of St. Peter and Paul created, is the highest and most impressive point of the city walls and offers a magnificent view over the Grand Harbour and the old towns of Senglea and Vittoriosa, at the shipyard as well as the lower-lying parts the capital. In the park there are several statues, including one from Sir Winston Churchill, and a successful sculpture of the Maltese sculptor Antonio Sciortino, entitled "The street boys."The garden was the gift of an eighteenth-century knight.
Garden
A garden is a planned space, usually outdoors, set aside for the display, cultivation, and enjoyment of plants and other forms of nature. The garden can incorporate both natural and man-made materials. The most common form today is known as a residential garden, but the term garden has...
in Valletta
Valletta
Valletta is the capital of Malta, colloquially known as Il-Belt in Maltese. It is located in the central-eastern portion of the island of Malta, and the historical city has a population of 6,098. The name "Valletta" is traditionally reserved for the historic walled citadel that serves as Malta's...
, Malta
Malta
Malta , officially known as the Republic of Malta , is a Southern European country consisting of an archipelago situated in the centre of the Mediterranean, south of Sicily, east of Tunisia and north of Libya, with Gibraltar to the west and Alexandria to the east.Malta covers just over in...
. It offers a panoramic view of the Grand Harbour
Grand Harbour
Grand Harbour is a natural harbour on the island of Malta. It has been used as a harbour since at least Phoenician times...
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Valletta's most beautiful park, already 1775 on the bastion of St. Peter and Paul created, is the highest and most impressive point of the city walls and offers a magnificent view over the Grand Harbour and the old towns of Senglea and Vittoriosa, at the shipyard as well as the lower-lying parts the capital. In the park there are several statues, including one from Sir Winston Churchill, and a successful sculpture of the Maltese sculptor Antonio Sciortino, entitled "The street boys."The garden was the gift of an eighteenth-century knight.