Since my dad and mom couldn't come to visit me in Malta, I thought I'd post some pictures specifically for them. The gardens seemed like something Mom would like (those are the first pictures) and the second set is for Dad. The second part is from the armoury in the Grandmaster's Palace.
Police station inside Fort St. Elmo
Malta
Start of Barrakka Gardens
Valletta cat
Start of the armoury
The first pictures are from the more recent time period
I'll see you at the cross-bows
Word play!
Were these those things we saw on Deadliest Warrior when the knight fought the pirate?
Wall-o-spears (and pikes)
Breech-loading Falconet
Flint-locked Rocket launcher
Musketeer's Horn Powder Flasks
Sword-gun
The Flintlock
Folding gun
Bayonets
Calvary Carbine
Entrance
The Mounted Dragoon
This starts the older stuff
Cuirassier Armor
The Savoyard Helmet
Suit of Armor made for Grand Master Alof de Wignacourt
1601-1622
His casual, jaunty day armor
Armor made for Grand Commander Jean Jacques de Verdelain
1590-1673
Turks
Chanfron - to protect the horsier Hospitalers
Pretty big dude
Greaves
Buckler or "gun-shield"
Chain
The carriage of a Grand Master
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