Comments on: Taghna Lkoll private car-park in Merchants Street pedestrian area https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2015/08/taghna-lkoll-private-car-park-in-merchants-street-pedestrian-area/ Daphne Caruana Galizia is a journalist working in Malta. Sat, 22 Aug 2015 17:23:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Daphne Caruana Galizia https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2015/08/taghna-lkoll-private-car-park-in-merchants-street-pedestrian-area/#comment-3050131 Sat, 22 Aug 2015 17:23:00 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=68212#comment-3050131 I can’t agree with you.

Did Lawrence Gonzi and his government build Parliament House?

No, they commissioned it.

And yes, Valletta was built for the Knights AND the low-life. Servants and masters lived under the same roof in those days – and cities then as now had to have shops, bars, trades and everything that went with them.

]]> By: Daphne Caruana Galizia https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2015/08/taghna-lkoll-private-car-park-in-merchants-street-pedestrian-area/#comment-3050104 Fri, 21 Aug 2015 21:41:00 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=68212#comment-3050104 Why Nicholas de Piro?

]]> By: Daphne Caruana Galizia https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2015/08/taghna-lkoll-private-car-park-in-merchants-street-pedestrian-area/#comment-3050074 Fri, 21 Aug 2015 18:27:00 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=68212#comment-3050074 Valletta was not built by gentlemen. It was built by slaves and indentured labourers, and more whores, urchins, and slum-dwellers lived there than gentlemen, from the very beginning.

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