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CittA Vecchia[chEt-tA´ vek´kyA] Pronunciation Key [Ital.,=old city], CittA Notabile, or Notabile[nOtA´bElA] Pronunciation Key, Maltese Mdina[umdE´nA] Pronunciation 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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