Pjazza tal-Bastjun
Walled-city square on the northern bastions with panoramic views across the island to the coast.
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This guide to Bastion Square in Mdina, on the northern walls above the Maltese countryside, follows Nicolas Durand de Villegaignon, a French knight of the Order of Saint John whose name is on the city's main street. It begins in July 1551, with an Ottoman army in the fields below and a governor asking for help, then crosses the Atlantic to a fortified island in the bay of Rio de Janeiro and a quarrel about communion bread. Best heard at the parapet, looking out toward Valletta.
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