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Valletta Waterfront

Valletta Waterfront

Also known as Pinto Stores

Architect

Andrea Belli

Year

1752

Style

Baroque

Type

retail

The Valletta Waterfront restored the 1752 Pinto Stores, a baroque wharf terrace by Andrea Belli built for Grandmaster Manuel Pinto de Fonseca, and inserted a new cruise passenger terminal at its base. Architecture Project carried out the…

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Timeline

  1. 1752

    Original construction

    Andrea Belli

  2. 2007

    Post-WWII restoration and redevelopment

    After WWII bombardment damage, the historic Forni and Pinto stores were restored for retail and commercial use, with new waterfront piazzas, public spaces, cruise-ship staging, and pedestrian and vehicular circulation. The chapel was…

    Architecture Project

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