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(ch t-tä´ v k´kyä) (KEY) [Ital.,=old city], Città Notabile, or Notabile (n tä´bl ) (KEY) , Maltese Mdina ( md´nä) (KEY) , town, central Malta. It was the capital of Malta until supplanted by Valletta (1570). The town has a large 17th-century cathedral, the old palace of the grand masters of the Knights of Malta (Knights Hospitalers), and catacombs, some of which are pre-Christian. |
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