About Anne Martin
Since the mid 1970s, producer/host, Anne Martin, has been bringing stories to life through the medium of television. She thrives on tracking down the unusual and her work has encompassed history, geology, heritage and a positive outlook on the world around us. Read more about Anne Martin.
Tag Archives: Mediterranean
Dominican Republic: Santo Domingo –– Birth of equality
Founded in 1496, Santo Domingo is the main port and capital of the Caribbean island of the Dominican Republic. It is the oldest continuous … Continue reading
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Tagged Alcazar, Alto de Chavon, architecture, art, art students, Bartholomew Columbus, Capital, Caribbean, Casa de Bastidas, Casa de Colon, Chavon River, Christopher Columbus, Colonial, culture, Diego Columbus, Dominican Friar, Dominican Republic, equality, Father Antonio de Montesinos, Indians, La Romana, Maria de Toledo y Rojas, Mediterranean, North America, paintings, port, Santo Domingo, shipwrecks, Spain, Spaniards, treasure, Urena Rib
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Islands of Malta: Exploring the Archipelago
After Napoleon takes possession of the Maltese islands from the Knights, Nelson and his fleet move in and blockade the French garrison. Today the … Continue reading
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Tagged accommodation, Air Malta, artisans, Britain, Carmelite Church, Cominho, disease, docks, Europe, fossils, France, French garrison, Fungus Rock, General Masson, Gozo, Grand Master, Islands of Malta, Knights, law, Lucca Airport, luxury liners, Maltese dogs, Maltese lace, Manoel Island, Mdina, Mediterranean, Napoleon, Nelson, Order of St. John, primary education, quarantine, religion, St. John Ambulance, tourism, Valletta
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Islands of Malta: World War Two
The Islands of Malta were once again pivotal in the domination of the Mediterranean during World Wars 1 & 2. For their incredible resistance … Continue reading
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Tagged aircraft carrier, Allied, Americans, architecture, Axis, Battle of Alamein, British, Canada, Canadians, Clyde, convoys, Eisenhower, Galvaston, George Cross, Germany, Grand Harbour, Halifax, Hitler, HMS Illustrious, Islands of Malta, Italy, King George Vl, Lascaris War Rooms, Mediterranean, Montgomery, Mosta Dome, Mussolini, Rommel, Royal Navy, Sicily, submarines, Taranto, Tobruk, World War One, World War Two
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Islands of Malta: The City of Valletta
After the Great Siege, the Knights build Valletta, a new and impregnable city on the Rocky peninsula known as Mount Scebberas; a city that … Continue reading
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Tagged Aragon, architecture, armoury, art, Auberges, Auverne, Bailiff, baroque, Castille, Chapels, customs, England, fortifications, France, Germany, Gobelin tapestries, Gozo, Grand Master’s Palace, Islands, Italy, Knights, Langues, Lascaris ditch, LaVallette, Malta, Mdina, Mediterranean, Mount Sceberras, Order of St. John, paintings, Provence, Sacra Infermia, sculpture, Sicily, slaves, St. John’s Co-Cathedral, Valletta
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Islands of Malta: The Great Siege of 1565
The Knights of St. John settle into their new home on Malta, fortify the cities and build their pilgrim hospitals and Auberges for the … Continue reading
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Tagged Arab, Auberges, Birgu, Charles V of Aragon, Christianity, Dragu, Europe, fishing village, Fort St. Angelo, Fort St. Michael, French, Grand Master, Great Siege, hospital, Knights of St. John, LaVallette, Malta, Mediterranean, Mount Sceberras, Normans, Ottoman, Romans, Spain, St. Elmo, trading outposts, Turkey
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Islands of Malta: Home for a Knight
Malta becomes a thorn in the side of Charles V of Aragon as Barbarians ransack the islands and enslave the population. The early history … Continue reading
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Tagged Acre, Arabs, barbarian pirates, Chaplains, Charles V of Aragon, Cyprus, Cyzantine, D’Alessio, French, German, Goths, Grand Master’s Palace, Holy Land, hospice, hospitals, Islands, Jerusalem, Knights Hospitallers, Malta, Mediterranean, Michelangelo, Norman, North African Corsairs, Order of St. John, Pope, Rhodes, Romans, Spanish, St. John the Baptist, Suleiyman the Magnificent, Villiers de l’Adam
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Malta: Mdina – The Medieval Walled City
When Malta falls into Arab hands the island economy is transformed with irrigation systems, new crops and terraced farming. The old capital city of … Continue reading
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Tagged Arabs, architecture, barbarian pirates, Byzantine, Goths, Gozo, irrigation, Islands, La Fontanella, language, Malta, market, Mdina, medieval, Mediterranean, Melita, Normans, old capital, Rabat, Romans, Sicily, tourism, Victoria, walled city
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Islands of Malta: St. Paul and the Romans
Caught up in the struggle for domination of the Mediterranean, Malta enjoys a relatively peaceful period of Roman rule, notable primarily for the unexpected … Continue reading
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Tagged archaeologists, Carthaginians, catacombs, Catholicism, Emperor Claudius, Etruscans, Governor Publius, Gozo, Greeks, Islands, Malta, Mdina, Mdina Cathedral, Mediterranean, Melita, mosaics, Punic Wars, Rabat, Roman Empire, Roman townhouse, Romans, salt pans, sculpture, St. Paul
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Islands of Malta: The Eye of Osiris
Evidence of the Phoenician traders who roamed the Mediterranean is found in the harbours of Malta and in the work of the glass artisans … Continue reading
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Tagged arts, Egypt, fishing boats, galleys, glassblowing, glassmaking, Gozo, Greeks, Islands, language, luzzus, Malta, Marsaxlokk, Mediterranean, Mesopotamia, Middle East, Osiris, Phoenicians, Romans, Rosetta Stone, traders
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Islands of Malta: The Temple Culture
Descendants of cave dwellers live in isolation on the Islands of Malta and develop prehistoric stone temples and complex megalithic structures older than the … Continue reading
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Tagged Africa, archaeology, Asia, burials, cave dwellers, coralline limestone, elephants, Europe, fauna, fossils, Ggantija, Ghar Dalam, Gozo, Hagar Qim, hippopotamus, Hypogeum, ice age, Islands, limestone, Malta, Maya, Mediterranean, Megalithic sanctuaries, Mnajera, monoliths, Mother Earth, Oracle, pottery, prehistoric, rituals, Sicily, temple culture, temples, wells
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