Many people are calling it the uglification of Malta – that is when you see beautiful baroque churches and monuments built during the reign of the Knights of Malta, and are now being taken over by apartments and high-risers and mini-skyscrapers. Nowadays you cannot take a photo of a scenic view without having towers cranes intruding and wires hanging all over the place. This particular photo shows the parish church of the Sacred Heart (Sacro Cuor) in Sliema, with an older church on Manoel Island that has just been restored, both of which are now overpowered by the Portomaso skyscraper, another shorter one closer to it, and another being built known as the Mercury Tower that beats both of them in height. The old and the new live close to each other here in our small island, leaving many folks disappointed with the new and nostalgic with the older buildings, many of which are 400 years old and beyond.
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