Giovanni Francesco Abela (1582–1655) was a Maltese noble who in the early 17th century wrote an important work on Malta, Della Descrittione di Malta isola...

Abela (born 1959), Maltese singer and musician Giovanni Francesco Abela (1582–1655), Maltese of noble birth, author of Malta illustrata Habib Abela,...

of Malta. It is named after the 17th-century Maltese historian Giovanni Francesco Abela. Students may choose from a range of subjects and must take two...

Cirneco dell'Etna no more than two hundred years ago. In 1647 Giovanni Francesco Abela, in his Della Descrittione di Malta isola nel Mare Siciliano: con...

December 23 – Severo Bonini, Italian composer (d. 1663) date unknown Giovanni Francesco Abela, Maltese writer (d. 1655) Giulio Alenio, Italian Jesuit missionary...

immediately adjoining well. The seventeenth-century Maltese historian Giovanni Francesco Abela wrote in his 1647 Della Descrittione di Malta isola nel Mare Siciliano...

since there is no evidence supporting them. As early as 1647, Giovanni Francesco Abela attributed the design of the Saint Mary's Tower on Comino (built...

the mills so the population would not starve. Authors such as Giovanni Francesco Abela claim that, following the Battle of Verbia in 1561, the Order may...

centre of the zone is St Mary's Chapel. The area was mentioned by Giovanni Francesco Abela in 1647 as Dejr el Bakar meaning house (territory) of the cows...

invention in its structure. It must be noticed, however, that Giovanni Francesco Abela, in his Descrittione of 1647, did not include Caxaro in his list...

period of Muslim rule was promoted by the 17th-century historian Giovanni Francesco Abela. There is no evidence of a surviving indigenous Christian population...

Museo di San Giacomo, was located at Marsa. This was created when Giovanni Francesco Abela converted his house into a museum and was the first of its type...

and he produced the title page of Della Descrittione di Malta by Giovanni Francesco Abela in 1647. While he was living in Malta, he occasionally worked in...

documents, or lists of lost villages compiled by scholars such as Giovanni Francesco Abela. The villages usually consisted of a chapel surrounded by a number...

According to the "Christian continuity thesis", spearheaded by Giovanni Francesco Abela and still most present in popular narratives, the Maltese population...

November 21 – François Maynard, French poet (died 1646) Unknown dates Giovanni Francesco Abela, Maltese writer (died 1655) Richard Corbet, English poet and bishop...

built in around the 16th century. It belonged to the Abela family (ancestors of Giovanni Francesco Abela) until it was purchased by Bishop Domenico Cubelles...

were upgraded and many public buildings were built. According to Giovanni Francesco Abela, many architectural fragments from Melite were still visible in...

December 23 – Severo Bonini, Italian composer (d. 1663) date unknown Giovanni Francesco Abela, Maltese writer (d. 1655) Giulio Alenio, Italian Jesuit missionary...

Basilicus Melitensis or Basilico Maltese ("Basilicus the Maltese"). Giovanni Francesco Abela and Giuseppe Buonfiglio record his name under the Italian version...

mythology by presenting the 12th–17th centuries tales purported by Giovanni Francesco Abela as fact, and for supporting the idea that Christianity in Malta...

on a barren island. The tower's architect is unknown. In 1647, Giovanni Francesco Abela claimed that it was designed by Vittorio Cassar, but this is extremely...

is also mentioned in the first history book of Malta written by Giovanni Francesco Abela in 1647 describing some paintings that were in the chapel. In 1656...

The establishment of the archives was promoted by the historian Giovanni Francesco Abela. The first archivist was Salvatore Ciantar. The archives suffered...

L'Isle-Adam's visit to the Falsone residence in Mdina is documented by Giovanni Francesco Abela in his 1647 book Della Descrittione di Malta, and until recently...

first stone during Octave of Corpus Christi in 1757. According to Giovanni Francesco Abela. During the British period the position was replaced by the Chief...

of the French School of Rome. pp. 565–615. ISBN 9782728307425. Giovanni Francesco Abela (1780). Malta illustrata... accresciuta dal Cte G.A. Ciantar. Mallia...

Greeks and Roman periods. In the 17th century the site belonged to Giovanni Francesco Abela. He had excavated several sites in the whereabouts, and had his...

to the nearby Fungus Rock, so it probably did not exist then. Giovanni Francesco Abela's 1647 book Della Descrizione di Malta and De Soldanis' 1746 manuscript...

poet George Abela (born 1948) – President of Malta (2009–2014) Robert Abela (born 1977) – Prime Minister of Malta (since 2020) Wistin Abela (1933–2014) –...