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      <image:caption>‘I was here’ from 336 years ago: someone in 1690 wanted you to see them the only way they knew how</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The welcoming shade: probably the best place to rest away from Malta’s unforgiving summer sun</image:caption>
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