Dan Snow

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Dan Snow's History Hit · Knights vs Ottomans: The Great Siege of Malta · 17 Sep 2026 podcast

And what about the changes in Malta? voice-verified

Because Valletta, the capital now, named after Valletta. voice-verified

I mean, was that city built in the aftermath of the siege? voice-verified

So the city that we see today is a sort of planned Renaissance city voice-verified

after the destruction of the siege. voice-verified

I have to check it out. voice-verified

But he dies, what, just two or three years after the siege? voice-verified

Yes, voice-verified

So where we are now. voice-verified

Yes. voice-verified

So this stops becoming their sort of headquarters. voice-verified

Yes. voice-verified

And is the siege still remembered in Malta today or is it seen as somebody else's fight? voice-verified

Oh voice-verified

Is it commemorated? voice-verified

Are there annual commemorations? voice-verified

Malta regards it as a kind of Maltese victory because I think traditionally it was seen as like de Valette and the Knights of the Order, but actually it was the majority of the, it was Maltese who probably made up the majority of the troops, who did the building, who did the fighting, who kept the army supplied. voice-verified

So actually it is, it's their victory. voice-verified

Did the Ottomans ever try and come back? voice-verified

either. voice-verified

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