Media References
- Several chapters of Thomas Pynchon's Postmodern novel V. take place in the city of Valletta.
- Much of Nicholas Rinaldi's novel The Jukebox Queen of Malta take place in Valletta.
- Parts of the Steven Spielberg's Academy Award nominee film Munich were shot in Valletta.
- In the popular computer strategy game, Age Of Empires III, Valletta and its surrounding areas are featured as the base of the main protagonist, Morgan Black, and is the setting for the first two levels of the game.
- Valletta is the birthplace of popular comic book character Corto Maltese, created by Italian artist Hugo Pratt.
- Valletta is featured in the video game Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Conviction.
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