Saturday, September 19, 2015

Birgu Waterfront | Malta


Postcard
Birgu, also known as Vittoriosa, is an old fortified city in Malta. Together with the two other fortified cities Senglea and Cospicua known as the Three Cities.
 
Stamp
World War 1 Centenary 2014, Floriana Hospital. Part of a set of three stamps depicting military hospitals.

During that war a total of 27 hospitals and camps were set-up across Malta to accommodate thousands of wounded Allied servicemen. This activity earned Malta the title: ‘Nurse of the Mediterranean.’

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