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WORDS MATTHEW CAMILLERI
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WALKING AROUND THE STREETS OF MALTA’S CAPITAL, ONE CONSTANTLY COMES ACROSS REMINDERS OF FOOD, AND THE IMPORTANT ROLE IT HAS PL AYED IN THE CITY’S HISTORY: THE INDOOR MARKET, WHICH TRACES ITS ORIGINS TO THE KNIGHTS OF ST. JOHN; THE MONUMENT COMMEMORATING THE VICTIMS OF THE SETTE GIUGNO RIOTS, WHICH WERE PRIMARILY MOTIVATED BY HUNGER AND THE EXORBITANT PRICE OF BREAD; THE FORMER CASTELL ANIA, WHERE SIR TEMI ZAMMIT DISCOVERED THAT UNPASTEURISED MILK WAS THE SOURCE OF UNDUL ANT FEVER; AND EVEN PL ACE NAMES, SUCH AS OLD BAKERY STREET AND WINDMILL STREET. BUT OTHERS ARE PERHAPS MUCH LESS OBVIOUS …
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