The Mepa board yesterday approved the new proposal for a lift rising from Lascaris Ditch to the Upper Barrakka, 51m up. As has been widely reported, the design which was approved yesterday is not that ...

Valletta visitors can now glide effortlessly from Grand Harbour into the heart of the city after the Barrakka lift was inaugurated yesterday. With bright lights and dramatic music filling Lascaris ...

The new and improved access route will serve thousands of visitors approaching the city from the traditional arrival point at the foot of the bastions. Increased demands of the structure mean it now ...

This 20-storey-high lift transports residents and visitors in the Maltese capital Valletta from the recently restored harbour to the top of the city's fortified walls (+ slideshow). Photograph is by ...

One small reminder of the old Barrakka lift may yet feature in the new lift, currently under construction. A signboard to the old lift, believed to have been installed just after the war near the ...

Back in April, Transport Minister Austin Gatt had blamed the planning watchdog for delaying the Barrakka lift project, saying four different designs had been submitted to satisfy demands made by the ...

Text description provided by the architects. This recently completed twenty storey high panoramic lift, commissioned by the Grand Harbour Regeneration Corporation plc and designed by Architecture ...

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