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The Manderaggio (( マルタ語:Il-Mandraġġ)) is an area in the southern part of Valletta, Malta on the side of Marsamxett Harbour. It was infamous for being a slum area from the 16th century to the 1950s, when it was demolished and rebuilt as housing estates. The area is situated behind the Manderaggio Curtain of the fortifications of Valletta. ==History== When the city of Valletta began to be constructed in 1566, the Order of St. John planned to build a ''mandracchio'', a sheltered area to serve as a galley pen, in Marsamxett Harbour. The area began to be excavated, and the stones quarried were used to build houses in the city. However, the rocks proved to be unsuitable for construction. This pen would also mean that the galleys would be placed in Marsamxett Harbour which did not offer as much protection as the Grand Harbour. Thus, the project was abandoned. Between 1572 and 1600, houses began to be built within the abandoned quarry. The outer houses, located in four streets surrounding the area (St. Mark, St. Lucia, St. Patrick and Marsamxett Streets), kept with the architecture of Valletta, but the inner circle of houses was built with no prior planning, and became a slum area. The entrances to the slum area were located in St. Mark, St. Lucia and St. Patrick Streets. The entrance at St. Mark Street was known as ''Il-mina taċ-Ċintura'', while that at St. Lucia Street was called ''It-tomba tal-Mandraġġ''. The Manderaggio consisted of a single street called ''Triq il-Mandraġġ'' (Manderaggio Street), as well as a number of alleys, which were known by several names such as ''it-triq tal-kanal'' (canal street) and ''it-triq ta' taħt il-bastjun'' (street under the bastion). At its main entrance, Manderaggio Street was about wide, like the streets in other parts of Valletta. However, along the way the street was only wide, with buildings being about away from each other. The streets in the Manderaggio had a length of around , so the area had a road space of around The heights of the buildings in the Manderaggio ranged from around two to three floors in St. Mark Street, four floors in St. Lucia Street, and four or five floors in St. Patrick and Marsamxett Streets. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Manderaggio」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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