Upper Barrakka Gardens

The Upper Barrakka Gardens are an open garden in Valletta, Malta. Alongside the Lower Barrakka Gardens in a similar city, they offer an all-encompassing perspective of the Grand Harbor. The greenery enclosures are situated on the upper level of St. Dwindle and Paul Bastion, which was worked in the 1560s. The bastion's lower level contains the Saluting Battery. The garden's terraced curves were worked in 1661 by the Italian knight Fra Flaminio Balbiani. They were initially roofed, however the roof was expelled following the Rising of the Priests in 1775.

The greenery enclosures were initially used to offer amusement to the knights of the Italian langue of the Order of Saint John, yet were opened to the general population following the finish of the French control of Malta in 1800. In the recreation center there are a few landmarks and dedications to ious unmistakable individuals, including Gerald Strickland, Sir Thomas Maitland and Sir Winston Churchill. A reproduction of the statue Les Gavroches The road young men by the Maltese stone carver Antonio Sciortino is likewise situated in the garden. The first is to be found inside the National Museum of Fine Arts.

It is the most astounding purpose of the city dividers, and subsequently its circumscribing patio offers an unmistakable view over the Grand Harbor, the Three Cities, and in addition over the shipyard and the lower-lying parts the capital. The greenhouses are connected to Valletta's dump and the close-by Lascaris Wharf by the Barrakka Lift. The primary lift on the site was worked in 1905, yet was shut in 1973 and disassembled in 1983. The lift can be found in activity in the 1968 British enterprise film, A Twist of Sand.