This morning I visited Casa Rocca Piccola of which I will write more about later, but what was interesting was what they describe as their 'bomb shelter'. And during World War ll it was used as such. Prior to its being converted to a bomb shelter in the aftermath of the 1936 Olympics, after the Baron, on attending the olympics detected an aura of hostility in Germany, it had been a cistern or tank. A large water storage chamber or well as they are called locally. Apparently at one point in time gardens were not allowed in Valletta. By law all water had to be harvested and stored. This may well be something that the island should start doing again.
