The changing face of Malta

I share with you today two photos which I personally took, 45 years apart. You can see how much the scenery has changed and how many buildings and houses have overtaken the few country fields we had in the past. These photos were taken a few blocks away from where we live, overlooking Swieqi. In the 1972 black and white photo, one can see two blocks of apartments dominating the skyline, while in the recent one, the foreground fields in the first one are completely gone, and instead, a series of villas and apartments and houses have been built, besides a very busy road, known as the Regional Road. (click on each to enlarge)

There is obviously no more room for more houses to be built in this area, but just a few yards away, tower cranes are dominating the skyline building more apartments and high risers, which for us Maltese look like skyscrapers. Thankfully there are some areas on the other side of Malta which are still green with meandering fields, terraced rubble walls and little huts that are used for hunting or to store farming equipment.