The fountain is located just outside Valletta’s City Gate.
The impressive Triton Fountain at the entrance of the capital city is hard to miss and is counted among Malta’s most iconic sites.
Consisting of three bronze Tritons holding up a large basin, the towering fountain was designed and constructed between 1952 and 1959, and reportedly became unofficially operational on Saturday 16th May 1959.
It must have been quite the spectacle upon its reveal, and this recently uncovered photo showcases its beauty upon opening, in 1959.
Shared by David Woolfenden on social media, the photo, taken by his father, was originally a black and white shot, but David has performed an impressive colorisation which, in his words “makes this wonderful photo really sparkle” – and we can’t agree more!