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: Sicily
Canada & Europe: Remembering a Century of War
As the llth hour of the llth day of the llth month approaches, we reflect on a Century of War and visit France, Britain, … Continue reading
Posted in International Features
Tagged Arras, bastions, Brandon, Calais, Canada, Commonwealth Air Training Plan, Concentration Camp, defences, documentary, Dover, Dover Castle, Dunkirk, Europe, France, French Resistance, Malta, Napoleon, Sicily, tourism, trenches, tunnels, Vimy Ridge, war, War Rooms, warriors, Western Front, white cliffs, WW1, WW2
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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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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: 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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Islands of Malta: Prehistoric Discoveries
“The Caves of Darkness”, discovered by an amateur archaeologist reveal evidence of pigmy elephants and stoneage man supporting beliefs that the Maltese archipelago was … Continue reading
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Tagged Africa, archaeology, Asia, cave dwellers, Cominho, elephants, Europe, fauna, Filfla, fossils, Ghar Dalam, Gozo, hippopotamus, ice age, Inland Sea, Islands, limestone, Malta, Mediterranean, prehistoric, pygmy elephants, pyramids, scuba-diving, Sicily, stalactites, stalagmites, wells
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The Isle of Man – Ancient Origins
Is this the site of the castle of the Holy Grail? Peel Castle on the Isle of Man has been a monastic retreat, a … Continue reading
Posted in Journeys through the British Isles
Tagged Bronze Age, Camelot, Castle Rushin, Castletown, Celtic, Druids, fishing, France, Holy Grail, Isle of Man, Legs of Man, Neolithic, Peel Castle, Picts, Sicily, smoked kippers, Spain, The House of Manannan, Tynwald Assembly, Vikings, waterwheel
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