IMPORTANT! Be sure to download both thalixte-valletta1.zip (which is the main file) and thalixte-valletta2.zip. Extract thalixte-valletta1 and thalixte-valletta2 folders into the Community folder. Both packages are mandatory for the scenery to display correctly.
Valletta is the capital city of Malta. Located in the South Eastern Region of the main island, between Marsamxett Harbour to the west and the Grand Harbour to the east, its population in 2014 was 6,444, while the metropolitan area around it has a population of 393,938. Valletta is second only to Nicosia as the southernmost capital of Europe, and at just 0.61 square kilometres (61 ha), it is the European Union's smallest capital city.
Valletta's 16th-century buildings were constructed by the Knights Hospitaller. The city was named after Jean Parisot de Valette, who succeeded in defending the island from an Ottoman invasion during the Great Siege of Malta. The city is Baroque in character, with elements of Mannerist, Neo-Classical and Modern architecture, though the Second World War left major scars on the city, particularly the destruction of the Royal Opera House. The city was officially recognised as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1980.
The city is noted for its fortifications, consisting of bastions, curtains and cavaliers, along with the beauty of its Baroque palaces, gardens and churches.
The architecture of Valletta's streets and piazzas ranges from mid-16th century Baroque to Modernism. The city is the island's principal cultural center and has a unique collection of churches, palaces and museums and act as one of the city's main visitor attractions. When Benjamin Disraeli, future British Prime Minister, visited the city in 1830, he described it as "a city of palaces built by gentlemen for gentlemen," and remarked that "Valletta equals in its noble architecture, if it does not excel, any capital in Europe," and in other letters called it "comparable to Venice and Cádiz" and "full of palaces worthy of Palladio."
Buildings of historic importance include St John's Co-Cathedral, formerly the Conventual Church of the Knights of Malta. It has the only signed work and largest painting by Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio. The Auberge de Castille et Leon, formerly the official seat of the Knights of Malta of the Langue of Castille, Léon and Portugal, is now the office of the Prime Minister of Malta. The Grandmaster's Palace, built between 1571 and 1574 and formerly the seat of the Grand Master of the Knights of Malta, used to house the Maltese Parliament, now situated in a purpose-built structure at the entrance to the city, and now houses the offices of the President of Malta.
The National Museum of Fine Arts is a Rococo palace dating back to the late 1570s, which served as the official residence of the Commander-in-Chief of the Mediterranean Fleet during the British era from the 1820s onwards. The Manoel Theatre (Maltese: Teatru Manoel) was constructed in just ten months in 1731, by order of Grand Master António Manoel de Vilhena, and is one of the oldest working theatres in Europe. The Mediterranean Conference Centre was formerly the Sacra Infermeria. Built in 1574, it was one of Europe's most renowned hospitals during the Renaissance. The fortifications of the port, built by the Knights as a magnificent series of bastions, demi-bastions, cavaliers and curtains, approximately 100 metres (330 ft) high, all contribute to the unique architectural quality of the city.
GPS: 35° 53′ 54″ N, 14° 30′ 45″ E
Credits:
This scenery has been extracted from Google Maps, hence all 3D credits goes to Google.
This scenery has been generated with the Google Earth Decoder tool (credits to /u/Jonahex111):
https://www.reddit.com/r/FS2020Creation/comments/j3faaj/google_earth_decoder_now_userfriendly/
Addon history:
v1.0: initial release
v1.1: remove ugly boats on the sea
Installation:
Download both thalixte-valletta1.zip and thalixte-valletta2.zip. Extract thalixte-valletta1 and thalixte-valletta2 folders into the Community folder.
If you want to donate, you will always be welcome to help me continue with more projects and update the existing ones https://paypal.me/Thalixte.
Many thanks for such a masterpiece
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Justinza22
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pdblackmore
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Stew763
9 months ago
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MartinKempf63
any chance you can update the mod, new portomaso tower for WU9 clipping through. I think the google world one looks better.
2 years ago
Hello ! When i find the time, i will check it.
2 years ago
Thalixte
skyhawkmlt
It’s an incredible work. Thank you very much for that. Hopefully the map data you are using will be updated soon and you can update the amazing Triton Fountain at the bus terminus. It has been a construction site for a long time and it’s still on your scenery. But that’s not a complaint. I have uploaded 4 pics here with a short description what you see.
Have you ever thought about Gozo? That would be great. I’m sure I don’t have to explain to you, that Gozo is the sister island of Malta.
Again. Great work and I can highly recommend.
2 years ago
pbsflight
Amazing Work! Perfect matching LODs, good framerate, very beatiful city! Thank you very much!
2 years ago
UFO_Power
Great work, I did a small cinematic video from your mod, check it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lA5-Q5sJ8yE
3 years ago
Thks ;-) Very good and very smooth.
3 years ago
Thalixte
VirtualVoyage
II have V1 - but V2 is nowhere to be found... Please provide a link for V2
3 years ago
The file is just under the main file, on the download window. However, here is the link: https://flightsim.to/download-item/valletta-city-malta/3757
3 years ago
Thalixte
Icebreaker
Please consider Mtarfa as well. I have friends there that want to show me their flat near the clock tower.
3 years ago
RichardPlantagenet
THIS IS AMAZING!!! Can we get Mdina, Portomaso Tower, and Mosta Dome??? I know Mdina is not on Google Earth though 😞 😞
3 years ago
skyhawkmlt
Thank you for this Thalixte. Makes so much of a difference when flying over my home country - it's actually worth doing now. As someone else mentioned, colours are a little washed-out, however, I'm not complaining 😊
3 years ago
iljott
I checked google's photogrammetry of this area and it looks much more colorful than what of this mod. This mod looks just like a monochromatic one. Is that possible to recover the color of what google earth has? Thanks.
3 years ago
I prefer not, because Google photogrammetry use a colorimetry that not blends correctly with the actual MSFS colorimetry
3 years ago
Thalixte
steveli