Maltese Hidden military passageway to Mtarfa , ( Bonus gopro footage ) MALTA
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- čas přidán 11. 06. 2020
- Today I walk from Mdina ,along the old passage way from museum station to Mtarfa where once the british would have traveled and along the hidden passageway, just recently maintained. I achieve a goal, which I always wanted to do walk down under the Gheriexem Bridge bonus gopro footage it was awesome and very overgrown. Mtarfa was a suburb of Melite In the Roman period, and it contained a Temple of Proserpina. The ruins of the temple were destroyed in the 17th and 18th centuries and the stones were reused in other buildings. A chapel dedicated to St. Lucy was first recorded in 1460, and is still standing to date. It is not currently in regular use. A clock tower, now a prominent landmark of Mtarfa, was built in 1895. A naval hospital, RNH Mtarfa, was built during World War I, and it has now been converted to a state secondary school, named after Sir Temi Zammit. A chapel dedicated to St. Oswald was built by the British after the end of World War I. The British left a prominent impact on the most visible architecture in town by the building of the St. David's Barracks.
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I live in Sydney Australia. Went to Mtarfa school. Every Sunday to Mdina Cathedral for Mass and shopping at Rabat. Enjoyed your video so much, Thanks.
Sounds great! its so beautiful up there and now i went under the bridge want to walk the valley ..Just worry might be too boring on camera
Fantastic super exciting video great upload thanks for sharing
Thanks for visiting
Great video Steve. I lived in Malta 1 year before I discovered Mtarfa and was amazed at all the trees and how British it felt. One of the guys I used to work with was from Rabat. He went into the barracks just as the British left. He said everything breakable had been smashed to pieces by the army before they gave it back to the Maltese. His thought was the British forces didn’t want anything left to fall into a potential an enemies hands.
Yes I heard this ...But sometimes was not the british !! after the british moved away lots of maltese were looking at what they could get there hands on ...lol 😂
My Nannu lived in Mdina for a while as a child in a street near that gate. I’m just discovering your films, love exploring, seeing familiar places and new places to discover
Oh you are so welcome to my channel ...I have many from all are malta
Lots of beautiful oleander bushes! Love ❤️ it, thanks 🙏
oleander bushes ..Never noticed ..But really no idea what they area ..lol 😆
Malta is a hikers paradise always thought that, first time I went back in my early 20s i walked so much and because living in Aust we have big distances here, so Malta was amazing to walk around so many beautiful walks, I love that part of Malta were you filmed this, I love catching the bus from Valletta to
Mdina and the on to Dingli cliffs just to watch the Maltese country side, so upset we should be there on Monday we were to to leave Australia 🇦🇺 tomorrow for our 8 week holidays , like the saying goes you can take the person out of the country but you can’t take country out of the person 🇦🇺🇲🇹 loved this walk you did it’s beautiful there with all the Oliander trees flowering
Where i walked with the Gopro can walk into a beautiful area near chadwick lakes and at the back end of Rabat , Up to Dingli .
Nice explore, it's excellent for us!! Thank you for sharing!! Have a nice weekend 😁🤩👌🙋♀️💁♂️🗽
Thank you! You too!
Very nice video thanks Steve. You seem to have covered some miles on this one. I really enjoyed the walk at the end through fields and beside the irrigation ditch. No one else find those little pathways like you do, not that I have found anyway. All the best, take care.
Yes it was a little walk, but easy going not like the cliffs ....Thank you Sheila
Just come across your fantastic video of this area, the architecture is amazing, may it always be looked after and preserved for future generations. Awesome. Thank you for sharing your walk.
Yes, it must have seen plenty of action, and to think cut by hand by the British, thats soild rock over there
At 17:31 friends of my aunt live in the house on the left. Lovely family, and really nice to see this area of Malta again.
Sounds wonderful Craig
Amazing place a lot to see that's for sure ,well done Steve really enjoyed watching ....thanks for sharing!!!!!!
Glad you enjoyed it rose ...It's worth a visit up there
Great video > Super like
Good luck 😍❤️
Thank you! Cheers!
Really enjoyed that i love Mdina the view is amazing. Thank u Steve 👍
Glad you enjoyed it Sharon ..
Awesome Steve keep up the good work well done mate
Thanks, will do! more on the way
Great video. Imtarfa hospital looks much as it was when we were there in 1950's. It was the forces maternity hospital !
Sometimes things stay the same over here ...Unless there is a chance to make some money
The road you asked about the name is called Mtarfa Road in English. My grandmother lived on that road and you walked pasted her house. I’ve lived there for a month on vacation. Thank you for the video !!!!
On google maps it got the same name as the valley ..Thanks for the info ..Great views up there
Good video Steve, once again thanks for sharing.
No worries more on the way !!
Great walk my friend..you really have a nice place and country..peaceful too
Thanks for visiting Rona x
Great video Steve, gopro footage had amazing clarity
Good to hear That was so worried it started to rain not sure you noticed the drips ...lol The gopro was water proof but i was thinking i was going to get soaked
great share friend,take care and stay safe my friend
Thanks, you too!
Thank you Steve.I thoroughly enjoyed Mtarfa tour.So green.Beautiful..Never been So thank you again..
My pleasure!
Great video Steve, very interesting was that you playing the drums at the end,nice music,
Shared in north Wales. Keep them coming. 🙏🏻🍺
Thanks, will do! I was a drummer and DJ many years in the midlands ..Just one of my many talents ..lol
Excellent video Steve we felt the walk with you,stay safe
Thanks 👍 Yes its an awesome area
I'm really glad i found your channel! As a big Malta lover, i loved your videos. I want to move there too, to live after i finished University. I've been there 2 times already and i just fell in love with it instantly. I appreciate the work you put into your videos! Thank You!
Glad you like them!
Once again how wonderful to see this vidio . I recognize The track my daughter's and I walked down from mdina to the hospital in 2012. I got permission to go inside to show my two girls where I was born back in 1937.
wow ..sounds great ..I always love that when you see a place on video and it reminds you of years back ..Pleased you enjoyed the video
Thanks again Steve....I hope you get more people like your videos....
Thank you . You're an amazing man
I appreciate that! Rita ...Nice complement ...Cheques in the post ...lol 😂 😘
I'm from Mtarfa and used to walk down that steep road underneath the hospital on my way for a walk along the Mtarfa bypass just before they closed it off because of falling rocks.
At home we always called that road the "mushroom road", mushroom because supposedly behind that iron door at 14:14, 19:27 they used to harvest mushrooms. If i remember well I used to see some activity there, maybe a decade or more ago, but never taken a peek inside, kind of regret it now. However i found a photo of what it looks like inside by typing "mtarfa mushroom tunnel" on google.
Oh wow...Sounds great !! Would have thought after fixing the place up they would have fix the door good ...Thanks for the info !!
Great job Steve
Thank you Donald
So good to explore this special area wih you. You really take us along with you. ;)
Glad you enjoyed it Mr guitar man
Excellent steve proset! I did a video at floriana train station last week
Thanks ....I will check it out
Very interesting!!!
Glad you think so! its a beautiful valley
Good gem finder you are Steve!!! Island is full of history and beauty! Thank you for educating your viewers you make it interesting to learn history of Malta have a blessed day 😇
Wow, thank you ..its an interesting place
Very interesting Steve thank you 😄. The hospital looks lovely. It would be great to go back in time and ride the train, I wouldn't want to be wounded though. I'm still recovering from imagining the Knights in the washroom 🛀🚿🛁😀😀😀
I heard they had big swords 😱😱😱🤣🤣🤣🤣
great adventure,like the place
Glad you enjoyed it
Well done again la!. Really groovy vid. We your fans really appreciate all you do for us to keep us in touch with the beautiful rock we love. I'm sure I speak for every one when I say we all are dismayed about being locked out of our fave destination. For some, their second home, and for a few, their real home. Steve, we'll all join you in better times ahead. See you Sunday la!
You're the best! with lovely support ..And comments really help ...
Cracking video, well done and thanks Steve! I remember when I was in Malta in the mid 70s the area beneath the bridge (which I can't pronounce either😏) was used as a motorbike scrambling area on a Sunday morning. Keep up the good work & stay safe. 👏👏
Cool, thanks for the info ..Never knew that That sport seems to have Died out last few years Thanks for your support
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Welcome my friend
This gameplay was super fun to watch fam! really enjoyed and you've got my full support as always🤴
Thanks for the visit
nice video my friend, left a like, take care
Thanks for the visit
Great video Steve that's some great historical places you shared with us.
Thanks 👍 you are not joking ..it's packed with history from cart ruts to world war II bunkers Military Barracks and hospital , Roman villas , In the Roman period, Mtarfa was a suburb of Melite, and it contained a Temple of Proserpina, A chapel dedicated to St. Lucy was first recorded in 1460, and is still standing to date, A clock tower, now a prominent landmark of Mtarfa, was built in 1895, The British left a prominent impact on the most visible architecture in town by the building of the St. David's Barracks , Thanks for your support and comments David
amazing video
Glad you think so!
Very nice indeed 👍
Thank you! Cheers!
We r so lucky 2 live here Steve great vid happy 2 c so many views from d UK nice one mate ,PS loved d go pro
Glad you enjoyed it Yes so boring waiting for the accessories ..this virus held everything up ...
@@EnglishmaninMalta blimey still awake ha ha ,every other day I drive past that road that cut's through to mtarffa all ways wondered where it led 2 ! Nice one go pro gd bit of kit
Morning Steve good walkabout good to explore around that area really good when the classic car racing in October all the best classic trucker 😎
Thanks 👍 Wonder if its on this year ??
Nice walk Steve interesting commentary.
Glad you enjoyed it
Another great video Steve - really enjoy the history
Glad you enjoyed it
Morning Steve....i remember doing that walk to Mtarfa years ago....i walked around that old hospital there was no one there!! Interesting area! x
Full of wonderful history
Excellent video, perhaps a hidden Malta series? :)
Possibly! but there so many hidden secrets in malta ...lol
That was were i went too school :).Try have walk around school love too see how it is now .Thank you nice video s :)
Thanks for the idea! next time i am up there i have two other videoes up there not sure if i walked pasted ...take a look
@@EnglishmaninMalta you went near it .That be good thank s .Be good see what its like now :) I finish school there 16year s ago.Hope you like Malta
Hi Steve, another great video!! keep it up.
Thanks, will do! many more to come !!
Ur good luck can come back out. I worry u lost in place 😂. I see a 🐍 near you 😱 mosquitoes etc. Beautiful place enjoy walking . Fantastic flowers there but u turn qickry camera 😩😄
I very strong not worry snakes ....I not want share beautiful flowers ..Its secret 😂😂😂😱👍😂😱👍
I was born in that hospital 1953.
Hello! I just wonder, are there any venomous snakes on Malta? I'm so grateful for Your videos!
We have many snakes mostly near the cliffs and a lot in the south but not poisonous snake
Interesting video. Please note that the knights did not wash themselves in the washroom, but it was used by women to wash their clothes as there was a natural water fountain. We have more such washrooms called Għajn tal-Ħasselin.
Now this is strange , on my first video of this place last year , i said this was ghajn tal'hasselin and i was told it was not, it was a knight washroon from Mdina , since then i have looked into the history of the place and there is nothing regarding what it was ....so i remain unsure
@@EnglishmaninMalta thank you for your reply. The wash house mentioned in your video was built in the 17th century. As we all know the knights did not reside at Mdina so what was the use of building 'baths' for them nearby? There are 6 springs were Maltese housewives washed their clothes with the Fontana one in Gozo being the most famous. Mtarfa is a suburb of Mdina where many Roman remains were found. Unfortunately most of them were destroyed by the british when they built the military barracks.
Thanks for the info ..i get lots of conflicting info but yes seems feasible what you say ..there is a nice one in b'kara valley must go see
I was born in the military hospital mtarfa my dad was in the Royal Marines ,was hoping to go to Malta in may just gone but the virus stopped that hope to go next year now ,
Fingers crossed next year
It was me that said about the bully beef - thanks for calling me young ☺️
Ps - I meant the age of my dad and your mum !!
👍😂😂😂😂😂😂 Hey Ann..I was just having a Laugh ..it came to mind ..while i was walking ..not planned ..see so many messages some just stick in my head ..🙏
No worries made me smile .....👍👍👍
Englishman in Malta feel honoured to have a mention
Also there is the entrance to the underground mushroom farm down that road
Yes its all closed of been there before now there is a family living there did you go look when you did the knights washroom ??
@@EnglishmaninMalta yes I did they had kept a little dog locked up in some room there. I didnt realise it was occupied until we was going through the stuff😂 I was looking at thier tools and a bar they had built in there 😂
Valletta was built to commemorate the Great Siege of 1565 and became the third capital on March 1571
Thanks for so history my friend 👍👍👍
@@EnglishmaninMalta And thank you for this small hike! As a Maltese, I don't know why I never went there...
I was supposed to be in Malta twice this year god bless malta hope I can get there next year if we can beat this damn virous
Yes it bad on lots of people ...Good luck !! maybe soon ??
In mtarfa just behind the train station you missed a tunnel, if i'm not wrong it takes you all the way down to valletta
If you want to contact me i'll take you there on a sunday at anytime or sat after 1pm
You talking about the tunnel that goes under mdina to ta'Qali ? Yes ? I know about it its been locked for years just noticed its open now..but flooding this time of year
@@EnglishmaninMalta ok my friend i tought you dont know about it.if you want i can arrange an appointment to visit the tal virtu palace.its a private place
@@bullt069 funny enough i was there yesterday....love to go ...contact me on Fb the church looks amazing i did the research and found it private ...i know about the tunnel but never been in ...but sunday is a bit hard i have the live and afternoons catch up on my books..but please contact me
It’s built on a high spot probably because of the hot summer months. What do you think.
Could be Donald ..The british did the same thing over in india ..The hospital as the deepest war shelter on the island , If you did not see my video of the hospital go watch i went down deep and there are another couple of floors now after that ...Just a thought to build so big so high , Maybe they did not expect the bombardment malta got !! was bomb the most of anywhere in the world ....amazing history
When the hospital was built they probably weren’t thinking about areal warfare. They didn’t know about it. They only anticipated naval gun fire. They were
In fact when Mussolini first bombed Malta they were very surprised. They could not shoot them down. They only only had rifles.
@@donaldsutphen7377 Thinking about it Donald you so right ...i just research when built..came up with this ...On 6 January 1915, Sir Leslie Rundle, Governor and Commander-in-Chief Malta, laid the foundation stone of the new Central Services Hospital. The building was commenced on the assumption that funds would be released to build the ancillary buildings at a later stage. By April 1915, the construction of the main block of the hospital was in hand. By 31 March 1916, the sum of £17,950 had been spent, out of the provisional total of £55,000. It was opened in June 1920 with beds for 6 officers and 190 other ranks so it was planned before world war II
It is corn beef. The Maltese call it Bully beef
Yes its a old word back in the war time ..even in uk they used it wonder where the name came from ??
Maybe some actual photos from the railway could be found? I think I might have been driving past at one time? Finn
Its was not really about the railway But the passage The railway i have covered many time on other videos
@@EnglishmaninMalta As a man interested in History, I like to be able to ad facts to a place visited. I would very much like to have been able to see what my most used place to stay on Malta, The Mellieha base area, had looked like in its time as an Army area. On the beach in front is a small concrete "harbour" still, which may have ben used for landing equipment on the beach?
Emmm, better than your food videos i guess
Up to you if watch food videos? Its a free world !!
Hey Steve, I sent you an email just over a week ago. Wondering if you got it?
Kevin Cassar right ??..Yes i seen it. Its not a quick answer so i was waiting to get around to it !! sorry !! Just been swamped with emails, I will get around to it just been a heavy few weeks at work ..With comments and Videos there is not enough time in the days ..Thanks for the info and I would be interested I will answer soon
@@EnglishmaninMalta No problem at all! Just thought it might have got caught in junk or something. Love the videos and have been sharing as much as I can! Stay safe and be well!